India should ignore reset in US-Pakistan ties
Recent weeklong visits by Pakistan’s foreign minister, Bilawal Bhutto and army chief, General Bajwa, to Washington, signal a resetting of Pakistan ties, believed by some to be a message to India.
Recent weeklong visits by Pakistan’s foreign minister, Bilawal Bhutto and army chief, General Bajwa, to Washington, signal a resetting of Pakistan ties, believed by some to be a message to India.
Once the SpiceJet pilots identified themselves as a commercial airliner, the PAF fighters allowed it to continue its flight and escorted it till the flight entered Afghan airspace.
The Indian Air Force Chief is also a MiG-21 pilot and had flown the planes during the 1999 Kargil war while commanding the 17 Squadron, during the war.
India, he said, had conveyed its grave concern to the US authorities over the restoration of the F-16 support programme estimated to cost $125 million, within days of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s visit to Washington.
After the IAF airstrikes on Balakot, Pakistan had used F-16 fighter jets to target military posts at Jhangar and Nowshera in Jammu and Kashmir.
The ‘Flacon Slayer’ patch also depicts an F-16 under crosshairs in the background.
Air Vice Marshal RGK Kapoor said that electronic signature and radio transcripts conclusively identify one of the two aircraft downed during the aerial engagement as an F-16.
Rubbishing the report, the IAF on Friday stated that Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman had shot down a PAF F-16 with his MiG 21 Bison.
Abdullah said the BJP govt carried out the aerial strike as PM Modi had 'failed' in delivering on his promises made during the last general elections in the country.
Intercepted radio communication and electronic signatures gathered by IAF indicate downed PAF aircraft was an F-16.
