Creating puzzle over Pak F-16 count, the officials of Pentagon on Friday said, “It was not aware” of any kind of investigation conducted to determine if Pakistan had lost an F-16 in a dogfight with Indian fighter jets on February 27, opposing to a story by a news publication that had gone on to say, mentioning anonymous defense officials, the tally revealed none was missing.
According to an official of US defense department (Pentagon) they “weren’t aware of any investigation like that” that said no PAF F-16 was missing from Pakistan arsenal.
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Refusing to comment anything on acceptance or denial of the count the state department said, “As a matter of policy, the Department does not publicly comment on details of government-to-government agreements on end-use monitoring of US-origin defense articles.”
Adding to it the department also said, “It is important to note that since January 2018, the United States government has suspended security assistance to Pakistan.”
India asserted that it had intercepted and shot down one of Pakistan F-16 fighter jets when it tried to intrude Indian airspace on February 27. As evidence India also handed over the pieces of AMRAM (advanced medium range air-to-air missile) as no other Pakistan jet in their arsenal can fire this type of missile.