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Pakistan Naval Air Arm Notes ^ "JF-17C Block 3 (Serial No. 23-323) can be seen in flight on an operational mission in the video indicating that at least 23 aircraft of the Block 3 variant are operational as of 11 July, 2024."
The JF-17 was designed and developed primarily to meet the PAF requirement for an affordable, [24] unsanctionable, fourth-generation, lightweight, multi-role combat aircraft as a replacement for its large fleet of Nanchang A-5C bombers, Chengdu F-7P/PG interceptors, and Dassault Mirage III/5 fighters, with a cost of US$500 million, divided equally between Pakistan and China. [25]
The Royal Pakistan Air Force (RPAF) was established on 15 August 1947 with the independence of Pakistan from British India. The RPAF began with a paper share allotment of 2,332 personnel, a fleet of 24 Tempest II fighter-bombers, 16 Hawker Typhoon fighters, two H.P.57 Halifax bombers, two Auster aircraft, twelve North American Harvard trainers and ten de Havilland Tiger Moth biplanes.
Pakistan Air Force Archived 2022-08-26 at the Wayback Machine; Pakistan Army; Pakistan Navy This page was last edited on ... List of active Pakistan military aircraft.
Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1988–89, Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1993–94, Pakistan Aeronautical Complex, Jane's All The World's Aircraft 2003–2004 General characteristics Crew: 2-3 Length: 7 m (23 ft 0 in) Wingspan: 8.85 m (29 ft 0 in) Height: 2.6 m (8 ft 6 in) Wing area: 11.9 m 2 (128 sq ft) Airfoil: NACA 23012 mod Empty weight: 646 kg (1,424 lb) equipped Max takeoff ...
Air superiority fighter: 1965 2002: 5: Replaced by F-7Ps. Received five ex-Indonesian Air Force Mig-19S in December 1965 as part of a friendship deal between Pakistan and Indonesia. [9] Lockheed T-33 United States: Jet Trainer 1955 1993: 21: 15 T-33A trainers, 6 RT-33A reconnaissance aircraft. Replaced by T-37s and K-8P Karakorums: Kaman HH-43B ...
The team is based out of the Pakistan Air Force Academy Asghar Khan, in Risalpur, Pakistan. Currently, it consists of nine Karakoram K-8P aircraft. The Sherdils are not a full-time aerobatic team, rather the pilots are selected from the PAF Academy's Advanced Jet Training Squadron instructors, where cadets and young fighter pilots go through ...
No. 6 Squadron, nicknamed the Antelopes, is a transport squadron of the Pakistan Air Force. It is the PAF's oldest squadron which is currently based at Nur Khan Air Base and operates the C-130 & CN-235 transport aircraft.