“But then the Pakistani F-16 is no match in the first place especially with a Paki pilot ...”
Maybe true about the pilot. But an F-16 and F-22 shooting cannons at each other is much closer match than one might think.
I had the opportunity a few years back (maybe around 2010?) to spend a few hours in his home with a USMC pilot who transferred to the Air Force at some point in his career, and flew every fighter in the spectrum from A-4 Skyhawk to the F-15 and was on the verge of aging out from the ANG but instead voluntarily retired because of the things going on in the Air Force under the Obama administration.
His wall was covered in plaques from various figher programs and schools across the services as well as a multitude of squadron plaques, etc.
I am an aviation enthusiast, so I had a lot of questions, and I asked if he had ever flown an F-22.
He nodded his head in the negative, and said that he had never flown an F-22, but had flown against them in an F-16.
I asked him what that was like, and his response was: “It was like being a baby seal.”
And he said it with utter conviction and resignation!