Pakistan's false claim of shooting down Su-30 appears to cover-up its own aircraft loss: IAF

Indian Air Force today in a statement said that on 27 Feb 2019 morning, our Air Defence system was on full alert. Build up of PAF aircraft on their(Pakistan) side of LoC was noticed in time and additional aircraft were scrambled to tackle the adversary.

In their attempt to attack our ground targets, PAF aircraft were engaged effectively. From IAF, Mirage-2000, Su-30&MiG-21 Bison aircraft were involved in the engagement.PAF aircraft were forced to withdraw in hurry, also evident from large missed distances of weapons dropped by them

A detailed report in this regard has already been released by IAF. All the Su-30 aircraft engaged in combat landed back safely. The false claim by Pakistan of shooting down a Su-30 appears to be a cover-up for loss of its own aircraft, said in a statement of Indian Air Force.