'We don't know... ask Pakistan, ' America said on the question of losing an F-16 fighter jet during Operation Sindoor.

US on F-16 Fighter Jet: The US has information on all the F-16 fighter jets Pakistan has. The US State Department did not respond to the losses incurred during Operation Sindoor.

Indian Air Force Chief Air Chief Marshal AP Singh recently revealed that India shot down 5 Pakistani fighter jets during Operation Sindoor. Pakistan also has America's F-16 fighter jets, for whose complete maintenance and technical support a US team stays in Pakistan. When America was asked whether an F-16 fighter jet was shot down during Operation Sindoor, they said that they do not know.

What did the US State Department say about the loss of an F-16?

 

 

According to an NDTV report, the US State Department said, "You should ask the Pakistan government whether their F-16 fighter jets were shot down or not." America has complete information about all the F-16 fighter jets that Pakistan has. The US team keeps an eye on it 24 hours a day. There is a special agreement between America and Pakistan, under which the US team is deployed here. Pakistan currently has about 75 F-16 fighter jets. In the year 2019, Wing Commander Abhinandan shot down an F-16 with his MiG-21.

 

India shot down 5 Pakistani fighter jets.

Air Chief Marshal AP Singh said in Bengaluru on Saturday (9 August 2025) that India's S-400 air defense system shot down five Pakistani fighter planes in Operation Sindoor. Apart from this, Pakistan's Airborne Early Warning and Control and Electronic Intelligence aircraft were also shot down by India. This aircraft helps in aerial surveillance and intelligence gathering work. According to the Air Force, Pakistani army planes were shot down from a distance of about 300 kilometers.

 

The Indian Army gave a befitting reply to the drone and missile attacks by Pakistan on the western border and the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir under Operation Sindoor. According to the Indian Army, Pakistan carried out several attacks on the night of 8 and 9 May, which were successfully foiled by the Indian Army.