In this round of engagement, the Indian Air Force lost 11 F-16Es and also achieved the record of shooting down 5 JF-20s.

Of course, this record is not worth bragging about at all.

You know, counting the previous losses, the exchange ratio between India and Pakistan is 15 to 5.

That is, only 3 JF-16 were exchanged for 1 F-20.

If this continues, the Indian Air Force will soon run out of fighters, and the Pakistan Air Force will have hundreds of JF-20s by then.

The key is actually face.

You must know that the air battle was carried out in Pakistani airspace, and the ZDK-05 observed the whole process and recorded the course of the engagement, and the results and losses of the battle were obvious.

As long as there is sufficient evidence, then even if the Indian Air Force refuses to admit it, it cannot deny it.

When the Pakistan Air Force announces the operational situation, where will the face of the Indian Air Force go?

As a result, at around 5 p.m. that day, the Indian Air Force organized and launched one of the largest offensive operations of the day, an offensive air defense operation to be precise.

Within half an hour, the Indian Air Force put nearly 50 fighters into service in four batches.

In order to support combat operations, the Indian Air Force even transferred a "Filcon" from the north.

The Pakistan Air Force was on standby, and also put more than 30 fighters into three batches, and put two ZDK-05s in the air to direct the battle.

To put it bluntly, both sides did their best.

This time, it is no longer the F-16E/F that the Indian Air Force is in the vanguard, but the Su-30MKI, which was severely taught by the Pakistani Air Force in Lahore in the morning.

Nothing else, the Su-30MKI is a heavy fighter capable of carrying more missiles.

In the first wave of the offensive, the Indian Air Force committed 12 Su-30MKIs, and on the opposite side of the battlefield, 8 JF-20s of the Pakistan Air Force.

Although with the support of the R-77D, as well as the support of "Ferkang", the Su-30MKI did not fall behind, but it also did not take much advantage.

In fact, the battles in Lahore have already proven that the Su-30MKI is not a qualified air superiority fighter at all.

Immediately after that, the Indian Air Force put into service the second batch of fighters.

Still not the F-16E / F, but the old "Mirage" 2000, still 12 units.

Apparently, the Indian Air Force is well aware that this fighter is behind the times.

Although more than 20 years ago, when it was introduced, the "Mirage" 2000 was the most powerful air supremacy fighter in South Asia, but until now, it may not even be able to beat Pakistan's JF-17, the key is that the Indian Air Force has never upgraded and improved it after it was purchased.

Of course, the Indian Air Force cannot be blamed, the point is that the French arms dealers opened too high prices.

Aware of the limitations of the Mirage 2000, the Indian Air Force compressed the interval to 5 minutes, i.e. the second wave of attacks was only 5 minutes later than the first.

That is, when the Su-30MKI was at war with the JF-20, these "Mirages" were killed.

This time, it was not the JF-20 that was played against it, but the JF-17.

There is no way, after the loss of 5 JF-20s, the Pakistani Air Force has only 15 JF-20s in this direction, so it can only let the JF-17 take the lead.

Actual combat proved that the "Mirage" 2000 really could not beat the JF-17.

Although the "Mirage" 2000 is a genuine fourth-generation fighter, and the JF-17 is based on a third-generation fighter, but in key equipment such as radar, the third batch of JF-17 of the Pakistan Air Force has reached the level of four and a half generations, that is, it is equipped with an active phased array radar, while the "Mirage" 2000 of the Indian Air Force is stuck at the level of the early fourth generation, and it still uses Doppler radar.

In addition, in missiles, there is also a big gap.

No matter how poor the performance of the JF-17 is, it uses the same SD-10C and PL-10A as the JF-20, while the "Mirage" 2000 uses the "Magic" and "Ramat" that are even older than itself.

As a result, 12 Mirage 2000s were attacked by SD-10Cs without even knowing where the JF-17 was.

Next, the main force of the Indian Air Force came into play.

20 F-16E/F!

In order to lure Pakistan Air Force fighters to intercept them, the F-16E/F was divided into two echelons and adopted a ground attack formation.

Actually, it's a bit redundant.

Fighting in Pakistani airspace, no matter what Indian fighters want to do, Pakistan Air Force fighters will definitely go to intercept them.

It's just that the Pakistan Air Force is now able to dispatch very few fighters.

At that time, there were only 7 JF-20s and 12 JF-17s in the air.

Indian fighter jets are menacing, and the Pakistani Air Force has no choice but to meet them immediately.

The first sortie was definitely 7 JF-20s.

Subsequently, 12 JF-17s were put into battle to intercept 10 F-16E/F in the second echelon.

In fact, this is also a typical interception tactic, that is, using the best fighter against the enemy's escort fighters, and then using the slightly inferior fighters against the enemy's attack aircraft.

From a defensive point of view, an interception operation only requires forcing the enemy's attack aircraft to abandon offensive operations.

It was at this time that the Pakistani Air Force suffered its heaviest losses of the day.

On the front, 3 JF-20s were shot down.

Immediately afterward, the JF-17 was hit head-on by the F-16E/F group, with at least five being shot down within visual range and three being shot down during the combat phase.

In fact, this also proves that the maneuverability of the JF-17 is indeed a problem.

It was after this that the Pakistan Air Force gradually reduced the frequency of use of the JF-17 in air defense operations, and finally returned it to its original duties.

Let's not forget that the JF-17 was originally designed in accordance with the light multirole fighter.

According to the original plan of the Pakistan Air Force, the JF-17 was first used to replace the A-5 attack aircraft, and then to replace the F-7MP fighters.

By this time, the Pakistan Air Force had lost 7 JF-20s and 11 JF-17s.

Of course, the results were also remarkable, with 8 Su-30MKI, 11 Mirage 2000 and 9 F-16E/F shot down.

It's just that the real catastrophe has not yet come.

Just as the Pakistani fighters were trying their best to stop the Indian fighters, the ZDK-05 in the north was suddenly attacked.

At that time, the ZDK-05 was intensively monitoring the battlefield in the southeast, directing fighters to fight.

That is, the radar focuses on scanning the southeastern region.

The attack is coming from the north!

Although the ZDK-05 spotted the fighter plane appearing in the north before it was attacked, it did not become vigilant, believing that it was its own fighter coming from the north.

As a result, by the time the danger is discovered, it is too late to avoid it.

It was not your own fighter, but the F-35AI of the Indian Air Force.

In order to sneak attack the ZDK-05, the 2 F-35AIs made a big circle, avoiding almost all radars along the way, and finally succeeded in shortening the distance to less than 100 kilometers.

At that time, if it weren't for the fact that there was a set of HQ-9Bs nearby, these 2 F-35AIs would continue to approach.

Why?

Because all Pakistani fighters in the air are operating at the front, there are no escort fighters near the ZDK-05.

Also threatened by ground-based air defense systems, the 2 F-35AIs turned to retreat after launching missiles and did not stay to confirm the results.

Subsequently, the Indian Air Force claimed that it had shot down a ZDK-05 during the day's fighting.