LAHORE – A leading international magazine ‘Foreign Policy’ has rejected Indian claim of shooting down Pakistan F-16 during a brief battle in February.
Two senior US defence officials with direct knowledge of the situation told US Magazine Foreign Policy that U.S. personnel recently counted F-16s in Pakistan and found none missing.
The Magazine said that India has once again misled the world through baseless and false claims.
It said that “The findings directly contradict the account of Indian Air Force officials, who said that Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman managed to shoot down a Pakistani F-16 before his own plane was downed by a Pakistani missile.”
One of the senior US defence officials said that Pakistan invited the United States to physically count its F-16 planes after the incident as part of an end-user agreement signed when the foreign military sale was finalized.
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