The pilots might have reassessed after Pakistan seemed to have shot three of them down from over 200km range. Intel failure blamed but likely many factors of which some presumably may be attributed to the planes.

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psunavy03 2 days ago | parent [-]

Pakistan has never downed an F-35.

	▲	KolmogorovComp 2 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		They were talking about the Rafales. But I think the comment is irrelevant anyway as the scandal happened before that iirc.
	▲	gghffguhvc 2 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		I poorly worded it. Rafales allegedly shot down. After that happened, perhaps the pilots wanting them over F35s might have a different opinion. F35s might be harder to get a lock on at that distance and might have better situational awareness capabilities.