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Another Pak lie: Lockheed Martin calls out Pak official's claim that company is suing India over shooting down F-16
The claim was made by Danyal Gilani, Director in the Information Minister's office and chairman of Pakistan's Central Film Board in a tweet. "Lockheed Martin has made no such comments," tweeted the Indian subsidiary of the United States F-16 fighter aircraft manufacturer Lockheed Martin in its March 1 reply to a tweet by Gilani, which he removed subsequently.
DNA Web Team | Mar 02, 2019, 02:53 PM IST
1.Lockheed Martin refutes Pak official Gilani's claim of suing India
Director in the Information Minister's office and chairman of Pakistan's Central Film Board, Pakistan, Danyal Gilani in a tweet had claimed that the manufacturer of one of the most powerful fighter jets in the world F-16, Lockheed Martin has decided to sue India after it was miffed by reports that IAF's MiG-21, a significantly old fighter jet in terms of advanced technology, had shot down F-16 during IAF's retaliation when Pakistani Air Force tried to attack military installation in India on February 27.
Refuting Gilani's claim, Lockheed Martin India official Twitter handle tweeted saying that it has made no such comments. Soon after Lockheed Martin's response to Gilani's fake claim, he thanked Lockheed Martin India and acknowledged that he had wrongly attributed to them. Gilani further mentioned that he had picked the information from a website. (File Photo)
2.Pak's false claim that it did not use F-16 during its air strike on Feb 27
Pakistan claimed that it did not use F-16 during its air strike while targeting military establishments in India on February 27 (Wednesday). However, addressing the media, IAF Air Vice Marshal (AVM) RGK Kapoor displayed a part of the cover of AARAM missile fired from Pakistan F-16, exposing Pakistan's false claim. The shot- down parts of F-16 were recovered inside Indian area in East of Rajouri. (Photo: Bir Bahadur/DNA)
3.Pak showing old IAF crashes as evidence of shot down fighter jets
In order to boast air strikes conducted by Pakistani Air Force targeting military establishments in India, Pakistan showed old Indian Air Force (IAF) crashes photos and claimed that they were shot down during their recent air strike. However, later it was proved that Pakistan's claim was false as the two photos which Islamabad claimed, one of that was of an IAF jet which had crashed in Jodhpur, 2016 and the other image was of IAF jet crash in Odisha in 2015. (File Photo)
