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Talons in formation :
A formation of
No.23 Sqn F-6 aircraft. The unit has the honour of operating F-6 since its
inception to the last day of its service in PAF. F-6 was inducted in PAF on
31st Dec 1965 and was phased out on 27th March 2002.
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Mirages Break! :
A mid-90s era sketch showing
No.7 Sqn
Mirages breaking over the Arabian Sea. In 1991, the unit was re-equipped
with ex-RAAF Mirage-IIIEA
and Dual Seat Mirage-IIIDA
aircraft replacing its A-5 ground support aircraft. Later in 1997 the
squadron was re-equipped with ROSE upgraded Mirage-IIIEA aircraft.
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Griffins en-route to Red Flag :
Six F-16B from
No.9 Sqn 'Griffins' getting refueled from an USAF KC-135 aircraft
en-route to Exercise Red Flag. All the examples were allotted to unit in
2007/08. The unit also participated in Green Flag Exercise as well.
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Arrows in War of Terror:
No.11 Sqn F-16A equipped with Laser Guided Bombs participating in
Operation Rah-e-Nijat. The unit conducted a number of Close Air
Support (CAS) missions helping Pak Army troops operating against Taliban.
The precision strikes conducted by F-16s became very helpful in taking out
hideouts of insurgents.
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Thunder in action :
JF-17 Thunder
dropping a 2000lbs Mk-84 bomb at a target. During High Mark Exercise, 2010
JF-17s performed in both Air to Air and Air to Ground missions. During the
Fire power demo of exercise, all Mk-82/84 bombs became 'direct hit' at the
designated targets.
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Block52s arrival :
Three out of four
first batch F-16 Block-52 shortly after entering Pakistani air space, 26th
June, 2010. The formation made a pit stop at Saudia Arabia ,fourth one
remained there due to technical problems and joined few days later.
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Falcons in flight :
A
F-16 Block-52 formation
from No.5 MR Sqn flying over Southern Punjab. The unit will continue its
Reconnaissance Role with newly inducted Goodrich DB-110 reconnaissance pod.
Since past few decades the unit was playing Tactical Attack & Reconnaissance
Role operating Long Range Aerial Reconnaissance Photo (LORAP) and Infra-Red
Line scan(IRLS) pod for capturing transfrontier
imagery.
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Desert Falcons :
A
F-16C Block-52 flying over
Jacobabad. All 18 Bk52 F-16s are delivered to PAF from June- Dec 2010.
No.5 MR Sqn operates the type
from Jacobabad Air Base,
earlier the unit was the oldest operator of Mirage-III/V in PAF.
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F-6 squadrons in 80s :
A formation of
F-6 aircraft from three different squadrons namely No.14, 25 and CCS F-6
Sqn.F-6 remained in No.14 Sqn from
July 1972- Aug
1986, in CCS from No.25 Sqn May1976- Nov 1992, and in No.25 Sqn From
1966 - 1995. |
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Cobras of Rafiqui :
Mirages from
No.15 Sqn 'Cobras' during a training flight. In 2000, the unit was
equipped with Mirage-VPA aircraft later in 2002/03 the unt conducted
successful live drop of various munitions including stand off weapons
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Haiders in formation :
Four
Mirage-VPA2/3 aircraft from No.8 Sqn 'Haiders',
the unit received the type in March 1982 following by induction of AM-39
Exocet Anti shipping missile making it Ground and Maritime Attack Squadron. |
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Patrol over Karakorum :
A formation of
F-16, Mirage and ECM configured Da-20 aircraft during a flight over
Karakorum Range. |
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Chinese built Fighters :
A formation of
Chinese built F-7 and A-5 fighter aircraft. Since arrival of F-6 in
1966, PAF has acquired various types of fighter aircraft
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China, to meet PAF' s requirements changes have been made as well. |
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Black Spiders A-5 flying over
coastal area:
A No.26 Sqn
A-5 flying over coastal area of Balouchistan. The unit operated A-5 III from
Jan 1983-Feb 2010. All of No.26 Sqn' s A-5 were allotted to No.16 Sqn after
its replacement with JF-17 Thunder.
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The
Red Sabre:
A member of an
aerobatic team of red Sabres, call sign "Red Dragons". The team participated
in an air display held on 9 March 1967, H M Raza Shah Pehlavi, the
Shahinshah of Iran was Chief guest of the occassion held at Jamrud range. |
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F-7 pilot
portrait:
A
portrait of F-7 pilot.
Combat Commanders School (CCS), No.2, 14, 18 and No.19 Sqn operate the F-7P
aircraft where as No.17, 20 and 23 Sqn operate F-7PG aircraft. |
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The Arrows :
No.11 MR Sqn
F-16s during a routine flight. The unit was the first recipient of F-16s in
Jan,1983. |
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Cheetah's F-7PG :
No.20 Sqn became the third
recipient of F-7PG aircraft in 2003.
The unit operates from Rafiqui Air Base, Shorkot. |
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The Tigers:
Tigers F-7PG returning home after
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Tiger's
50 years :
A No.17 Sqn
F-7PG colored in Tiger Color scheme on the golden jubilee of squadron. No.17
Squadron was established at Mauripur (Karachi) on
1 April 1957, under the
command of Sqn Ldr M.Z. Butt.
The Squadron took an active part
in the war between India and Pakistan in September 65 under the dynamic
leadership of Sqn Ldr Azim Daudpota. The role assigned to the squadron, at
PAF Base Sargodha, mostly involved close support to the army in Sialkot,
Lahore and Khem Karan sectors. Sqn Ldr Azim Daudpota and Flt Lt Saif ul Azam
of this squadron were awarded Sitara-e-Jurat for their professionalism in
the 1965 war.
In October 1971, squadron moved to PAF Base Rafiqui from where it carried
out war operations. The squadron returned to Masroor (Karachi) at the end of December 71. The squadron
was moved from Masroor (Karachi) to Samungli (Quetta) for permanent
deployment on 25 May, 1983. In March 2002,after serving 36 years F-6 retired
from PAF and was replaced by Chinese built Double Delta F-7PG aircraft,
No.17 & No.23 became the
recipients of F-7PG. Later in 2003 No.20 Sqn became the last squadron to get
F-7PG.
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Farmer's last climb :
A F-6 during its farewell flight on March 27, 2002. F-6 remained in service from 1966-2002. |
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Mirage in flight :
A Mirage-V
flying over a rocky mountains. |
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CCS Mirage-III :
CCS Mirage-III during a routine
flight. |
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Ghazi's Mirage :
Ex-RAAF Mirage-IIIDA aircraft
during a training sortie.
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Tail Choppers & Op Sentinel :
No.14 Sqn
F-7's flying with C-130 aircraft. During Operation Sentinel, some F-7s of
the Minhas based unit were posted to Chaklala. |
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Mirage-V at sunset :
A Mirage-V
aircraft at sunset. |
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F-16s on a dusk sortie :
A F-16 formation
during a Combat Air Patrol (CAP) mission at sunset in Soviet-Afghan War
(1979-1988). The F-16s played a vital role in guarding western border during
the war, round the clock day and night CAP were conducted to search for any
intruder in Pakistani territy. The Pakistan Air Force F-16s shot down at
least 10 intruders from Afghanistan between May 1986 and January 1989 during
the Soviet-Afghan war and suffered one loss while chasing the intruders
albeit to its own shooting down of an F-16.
During the Afghan war, PAF flew a total of 10,939 sorties and logged
13,275 hours.
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Evening & Falcon:
A F-16 during
an evening patrol. |
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Griffins Flight Line :
A F-16B
leaving the squadron ramp for a training sortie. |
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Mirage & Air Defence :
ROSE-III Upgraded No.25 Sqn
Mirage-VEF flying over an Air Defence site on a mountain peak. |
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Mirage-VPA2 over Badshahi Mosque :
No.8 Sqn Mirage-VPA2
flying over
The Badshahi Mosque ('King's Mosque') in Lahore. It is the second
largest mosque in Pakistan and South Asia and the fifth largest mosque in
the world. |
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Thunders over Arabian Sea :
A JF-17
formation lying over Arabian Sea. |
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JF-17s in Flight :
JF-17 formation during a T & E Flight. |
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Indus Viper 2008 :
A TUAF No.115
Filo flying with No.9 Sqn, PAF F-16 during Indusviper2008 exercise. In Jun
2008, Turkish Air Force’s contingent arrived with five F-16 C/D aircraft and
50 personnel at PAF Base, Mushaf, Sargodha Monday, to participate in the
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Sharp Shooters Demo Bird :
A No.18 Sqn '
Sharp Shooters' F-7P used by the squadron in 1990s. The beautiful color
scheme made it favorable for air displays. On June 20, 1988F-7P was
inducted in PAF as an interceptor / air defence fighter. By 1990, 80 F-7s (
20 from Hand Shake-I, 60 from Hand Shake-II) were flying in four squadrons
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The Journey to Konya:
An Egyptian Air
Force
Mirage-2000 escorting PAF
F-16s during a pit stop in Egypt for participation in
Anatolian Eagle 2004 exercise.
PAF
visited ‘ Anatolian Eagle 2004/3’ which marked PAF’ s first appearance in a
major-multinational exercise in 30 years. The exercise provided PAF with
great chance to see how well they could operate with other air forces.
Later on PAF F-16s also participated in Anatolian Eagle 2005, 2007, 2008 and
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The two soldiers:
A formation
of F-16 & JF-17 flying over Jehlum river. In Feb 2010, No.26 Sqn
'Black Spiders' became the first recipient of JF-17 Thunder in an
operational squadron. All the A-5s of No.26 Sqn were given to No.16 Sqn,
which now contains a good strength of A-5 aircraft and few FT-6 being used for
conversion on A-5 ground support aircraft.
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Thunders
& IL-78 :
Two JF-17s
flying with IL-78 refueler. The first IL-78 refueler joined PAF in Nov 2009,
earlier a Ukrainian IL-76MD was loaned by PAF to do initial training and
conversion on the aircraft. Pakistan
Air Force has purchased a total of 4 IL-78P Midas tanker aircraft have from
the Ukraine. These aircrafts are equipped with Soviet-designed UPAZs pods
and refueling kits on Mirage-III Rose-I is of South African origin. In first
stage PAF has announced that 30 Mirage-III Rose-I will be upgraded with
in-flight refueling probes and this too is being done at PAC kamra.
The IL-78s will
give the PAF its first airborne refueling capability. They will help train
Pakistani crews in mid-air refueling techniques, and once operational will
be used to refuel the Mirage-III, eventually JF-17 Thunder. |
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