What spokesman was quoted? Please tell me the name which you won't be able because it didn't happen.
The Indian" journalist" should have printed, DOD spokesman (Insert name here) said he was not aware of any count of Pakistani F-16's by his superiors and well get back to me with an answer.
No name... it didn't happen. And stop using eurasiatimes and national interest as source they are as bad as The National Enquire.
You don't need to name the spokesman when the department is named.
Your source: "citing U.S. officials"
WTF does that mean? Even the city garbage collector is a US official.
My source: "United States defence department"
That's a source.
If something is wrong, then my source can step forward and say they didn't claim such a thing. Otoh, with your source, there is nobody to provide a rebuttal. It's just random unnamed "US official" that's been created out of thin air for the benefit of the Pakistani ISPR. The Pakistanis trolled you and you willingly got trolled.
A source must either contain the name of the official or the department he/she is representing. Without either, it's not a source, it's just meaningless dribble, like all your posts. Let me repeat that: A source is either a living entity and/or an organisation.
The only living entity/organisation named in your article is a Pakistani Army spokesman.
This was a lesson in common sense.