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Based on Y-8F600. Reassigned to transport role from AEW&C role in 2024 after removal of AESA radar radome and AEW&C equipment due to compatibility issues and standardization of PAF's AEW&C platforms with additional Saab 2000 AEW&C aircraft. [citation needed] Saab 2000: Saab (Saab) Sweden Turboprop Transport, Training: 2008: 7: 7
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The PAF Academy holds an All-Pakistan Declamation Competition, one of the biggest annual events. Some forty teams from major higher education institutes in Pakistan are invited to take part. The event takes place over four days during which a number of rounds are held. The PAF bears all the expenses of travel and accommodation of the teams. [38]
Date Established Base Aircraft Notes No. 3 Squadron Angels: AEW&C Northern Air Command 33 Tactical Wing 1 July 1957 PAF Base Minhas: Saab 2000 Erieye [2] No. 4 Squadron(Retired) Karakoram Eagles: AEW&C Southern Air Command 32 TA Wing 15 August 1959 PAF Base Masroor: ZDK-03 [3] [4] No. 53 Squadron Hawks: AEW&C Southern Air Command 41 Tactical ...
As part of PAF's Operation Sentinel during the 2001–2002 India–Pakistan standoff, several Flight instructor and Mirages from the 22 OCU were assigned to various PAF combat squadrons. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] See also
The No. 14 Squadron was the PAF's first fighter-bomber squadron, which was raised on 1 November 1948, at RPAF Base Peshawar and operated the Hawker Tempest fighters which were inherited from the RIAF but were later re-equipped with newly acquired Hawker Fury fighter-bombers after being number-plated for some months.
Each year, about 20 to 30 young people are selected out of hundreds of applications through a rigorous selection process in different rounds. [4] The requirements that the Fund sets for candidates are very high; several diplomas (at least a cum laude Master's degree) or work placements abroad are recommended, while the candidate must be able to speak two or three languages fluently.
However, in March 2024, the incumbent chief was controversially given a one year extension in his tenure. [4] In November 2024, the term length was increased to five years. [ 5 ] The Chief of the Air Staff is based at the Air Headquarters , and the current chief is Air Chief Marshal Zaheer Ahmad Babar.