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The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) (Urdu: پاک فِضائیہ, romanized: Pāk Fìzāʾiyah; pronounced [pɑːk fɪzɑːɪjəɦ]) [Note 1] is the aerial warfare branch of the Pakistan Armed Forces, tasked primarily with the aerial defence of Pakistan, with a secondary role of providing air support to the Pakistan Army and Pakistan Navy when required, and a tertiary role of providing strategic ...
Pakistan MALE UCAV, UAV Strike, Reconnaissance: 2014: 13 13: Used jointly with Pakistan Army. [56] Shahpar: GIDS Pakistan UAV Reconnaissance: 2012: 6 6 [57] [58] Jasoos II: SATUMA: Pakistan UAV Reconnaissance: 2010: 46 46: Bravo+. [59] Falco: Selex ES, PAC Italy, Pakistan UAV Reconnaissance: 2007: 26 26: Produced under license by PAC since 2008 ...
The following is a list of centers and depots of the Pakistan Air Force sorted by branch. [1] [2] Engineering Depots. Unit Base Established Status Notes
Pakistan Army Aviation Corps; Pakistan Naval Air Arm; References External links. Pakistan ... Pakistan Air Force Archived 2022-08-26 at the Wayback Machine;
The Special Service Wing (SSW) is the newest special operations force, re-established by the Pakistan Air Force in 2004, in the wake of challenges posed by the Afghanistan war. [154] The unit was active earlier by the name of Special Air Warfare Wing and had seen action during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 and 1971. [155]
Initially, the Aviation Corps was part of the Pakistan Air Force but was commissioned in the Pakistan Army after its personnel were trained and certified in the United States in 1958.: 32 [2] [3] The Corps of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering started to maintain the aircraft and helicopters given by the U.S. Army's Aviation Branch, opening ...
An Army Air Defence Regiment lowers the Regimental Flag during march past. The Pakistan Army Corps of Air Defence is a military administrative and combat service support branch of the Pakistan Army. [1] Reporting direct from the Army GHQ, it is commanded by Major-General Sarfraz Ahmed who served its director-general as of 2023. [2]
There are a total of 40 air bases, which are classified into two categories: flying bases and non-flying bases. Flying bases are operational bases from which aircraft operate during peacetime and wartime; whereas non-flying bases conduct either training, administration, maintenance, or mission support.