I don't see Pak media crying over the loss of their AWACS, F16, and the fact that all their key airbases were made non-operational. They came crying for caesefire.
In India, we take even minor things like one or two jet down too seriously. Opposition is idiot to think that a couple of jet downed is something that they can use to make Modi lose face.
In war, you fight. When you fight, you get hurt. That is the rule of fighting. No matter how powerful a man is, when he fights, he is bound to get somewhat hurt, doesn't matter if he kills the other man in the fight. America got so fucked fighting Taliban. Russia is so fucked fighting Ukraine. Does that make America weaker than Taliban or Russia weaker than Ukraine.
American generals keep getting into wars with immense loss of money and manpower. They do so to keep their forces tip top. If America, despite tremendous money and tech; does not get into fight or get hurt in battlefield for just 50 years, it will become weak.
War scars make you strong. You never learn without knowing your weakness. And the war does precisely that. Otherwise, you are a hawa Hawai military like Chinese.
And I don't give a rat shit about narrative. What is Paki narrative- despite their bases made in operational, attacks on their command and control, and losing IWT- they have won. I would wish Pakis such victory each and every time.