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Lockheed Martin Busts Pakistan’s Lie; American Aircraft Manufacturer Not to Sue India For Claiming IAF’s MiG-21 Bison Shot Down PAF F-16 Fighter Jet

Another Pakistan’s lie was busted today, after Lockheed Martin, manufacturer of F-16,  rubbished a claim of Danyal Gilani, director in the Information Minister’s office and chairman of Pakistan’s Central Film Board. In a tweet, Gilani had claimed that the American aircraft manufacturer was going to sue India for ‘wrongly claiming’ that one of F-16 fighter jets of Pakistan was shot down by MiG-21 Bison during an aerial fight in Jammu and Kashmir on February 27. Pakistan Air Force Pilot Shahzaz Ud Din Whose F-16 Was Shot Down by Wg Cd Abhinandan Varthaman Mistaken to be Indian; Lynched by PoK Locals?

He tweeted, “F-16 manufacturer Lockheed Martin to file law suit against false Indian claims & expresses annoyance over the factually incorrect claim of shooting down of Pakistan’s F-16 by IAF. Says all F-16s on Pakistani inventory r well counted for! (sic),”

Gilani's tweet

Replying to Gilani’s statement, Lockheed Martin tweeted that it had not made any sich claims.

After Lockheed Martin’s tweet, the chairman of Pakistan’s Central Film Board accepted that his statement was wrong. He tweeted, ” Thank you @LMIndiaNews. I acknowledge the statement is wrongly attributed to you. I picked it from a website. I take it back. However, I stand by Govt of #India’s failure to prove it downed a #Pakistani F-16. Indian media & journalists have caught #Indian govt disinformation.”

On February 28 too, The Indian Air Force (IAF) a exposed lie of Pakistan. During a joint press briefing of the Tri-service wings in New Delhi, Air Vice Marshal Ravi Kapoor showed an evidence to reporters that Pakistan used F-16 fighter jet to violated the Indian air space on February 27. The IAF presented a cover of AMRAAM missile fired from the Pakistani F-16 aircraft as a proof to prove its point. The F-16 was shot down by IAF’s Mig 21 Bison fighter jet during an engaging battle.

Meanwhile, on March 1, Pakistan released Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, the IAF pilot who was captured by the Pakistan Army after his aircraft was shot down. He returned to India via Attari border, Amritsat. He was released by Pakistan almost 60 hours after he was taken into custody by the Pakistani Army. The IAF pilot engaged the Pakistan fighter jets which violated the Indian air space on February 27, a day after the IAF conducted air strikes on Jaish-e-Mohammed terror camps in Pakistan’s Balakot. In the processed he crossed the Line of Control (LoC). As per reports, Wg Cd. Varthaman shot down PAF’s F-16 before getting hit.