Indian Air Force reiterates MiG-21 Bison shot down Pakistani F-16 in Nowshera
New Delhi: India on Friday stood its ground that its airforce had shot down a Pakistani F-16 fighter jet, after a report in the US Foreign Policy magazine said all F-16 combat jets in Pakistan’s inventory had been accounted for.
The US magazine report, published late on Thursday, cited two unidentified American defence officials and contradicted the account put out by India that one of its fighter jets, a refurbished Russian- made MiG-21 Bison, had downed a US-made F-16.
The report said US personnel had done an inventory check of Pakistan’s F-16s and found none missing. The F-16s are manufactured by Lockheed Martin Corp. and an end-user agreement requires the buyer to allow for regular inspections to ensure they were accounted for, it said. Pakistan invited American officials to physically count the F-16 planes after the incident.
