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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 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 Philippine Air Force Blue Diamonds "Sabre" emblem on a F-86F Sabre, circa 1962. The Philippine Air Force had a number of aerobatic teams among which the PAF Blue Diamonds was the first to be founded, and was one of the oldest formal aerobatics teams in the world.
The following is a list of all active aircraft squadrons of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF), sorted by type. Squadrons are listed by their current names and roles. Squadrons are listed by their current names and roles.
In 1957 the Pakistan Air Force received 100 American-built F-86 Sabres under the U.S. aid programme. Squadron after squadron in the PAF retired its Hawker Furys and Supermarine Attackers, and replaced them with F-86 jet fighters. In 1957 thirty-six-year-old Air Marshal Asghar Khan became the Pakistan Air Force's first native commander-in-chief.
PAF Base Masroor (ICAO: OPMR) is the largest airbase operated by the Pakistan Air Force.It is located in the Mauripur area of Karachi, in the Sindh province. [1]The base was originally known as RIAF Base Mauripur (1940-47), RPAF Station Mauripur (1947-56), and after 23 March 1956, as PAF Station Mauripur.
The No. 12 VIP Squadron nicknamed Burraqs is a VIP transport unit from the No. 35 Composite Air Transport Wing of the Pakistan Air Force based at Nur Khan Airbase.It is the Air Force One of Pakistan which transports the President (Callsign Pakistan-1), the Prime Minister (Callsign Pakistan-2) and the Chief of Air Staff (Callsign Shahbaz-1) during official visits.
towed anti-aircraft gun taken from the PAF's retired Northrop F-5 fighters. Ground-based Radar IAI Elta ELM-2288ER AD-STAR Israel Air surveillance radar: 3 fixed radar systems were delivered under the Air Surveillance Radar Phase 1 Project. [24] Installed at Paredes Air Station, Gozar Air Station, and Mount Salakot Air Station. [25] IAI Elta ...