Yeah, what has happened over last 6 years is Indians thought air power was a good way of striking Pakistan with low risk. Yes, they lost many planes and missed but also scored some hits on the recent escalation. Next time they will use air power again, probably with similar disasterous results and now in fact will try and paint any military failure as a victory to domestic audiences. We can expect that.
What we can do now that they are hiding behind air power is what the Chinese did on Indians borders but with more force. No need to go crazy and aim for all of Kashmir or Punjab.
Bhuj, Bikaner, Amirtsar. Three places very close to Pakistan. If PAF has succeeded in pushing IAF 200km back, Pak Army now needs to show up and take and hold these town which will have a MASSIVE psycological impact on Indians. They will then have the choice of pushing IAF to counter PAF or (more likley) Modi will be on the phone again too Trump quicker then you can say "Upcoming poll results".
If IAF really are scared of our planes and missiles we need to use this advantage.
This will also put many Indian air defence assets out of operation and also mean even more Indian AD will be within SPH range of Pak armoured columns.