“There is no question of embarrassment to the air force. The real results are far removed from what has been claimed in the video. The letter also states that those were personal views and not that of the US air force,” a senior officer said.
The US pilot had claimed that India’s most modern aircraft, the SU 30 MKI, had performed poorly in comparison with its US counterparts. He also said the Indian pilots suffered from a high fratricide rate, the term used for friendly kills, and had problems with the Sukhoi engines that were vulnerable to foreign object damage.
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