On Feb 27th , PAF launched an operation in response to Indian so called pre-emptive non-military strike against alleged madrassah at Balokot. In the ensuing dogfight that pitched two Airforces, almost after half a century of direct confrontation, both sides made claims and counter claims. Pakistan made a claim of shooting down two Indian aircrafts, and India claimed to have shot down PAF's F-16. This writing aims at evaluating this Indian claim. Indian Foreign Office press briefing India made the claim 6 hours after the incident in a hurried press conference. Given the fact that the pilot which India claimed to have shot down the F-16 was in Pakistani custody, specifying the type of aircraft within hours of the engagement made the whole claim immediately suspect for those with some technical background. Pakistan, on its side, only claimed that two Indian planes were shot down. They did not know at that time the type of the second aircraft, as the analysis had