So since Z 10s are no where close, Ah1zs and t129s are out of the question. Maybe we should Extend the Life of our Cobras somewhat like Mirages. While PAA's future fleet of Z10me can deployed to the east to counter Indian armor. Upgraded Cobras can Continue their anti T role.
These photos represent first ever flights from Dhamial to Shinkiari, Patan, Chilas, Gilgit, Hunza, Passu, Gulmit and to Khunjrab from September 13-27, 1966 (1/3)
PAF F16 serial number 92731. It was embargoed and used by the 416th Flight Test Squadron of USAF for flight test support & test pilot training. Later delivered to PAF and received MLU.
This aircraft is credited with a Mig21BisUPG kill in 2019.
24 Jan 1991, Wing Commander Farhat Hussain Sitara-e-Basalat (with Flt Lt Khalid as SP) Dead Stick Landing at PAF Base Rafiqui. While flying the F-16
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as an instructor pilot, Wing Commander Farhat Hussain experienced an engine seizure.
The aircraft was recovered.
High-viz Viper for a low-viz 14th August. F-16BM 602 here sustained shrapnel damage during a WoT bombing run and was nearly written off in the crash landing that followed. It was eventually brought back to life and still flies to this day.
(Live motor on the inert winder)
RB 57 of PAF operated by No. 24 Squadron, named the Blinders from 1962 to 1977. The 1965 Indo-Pak War saw the Blinders flying several electronic support measures (ESM) missions. The squadron was disbanded in 1977 but re-established in 1987 equipped with DA 20 fitted with EW suit
IAF's Mi 17 Equipped with a Radar Warning Receiver (RWR), Missile Warning System (MWS), and Chaff/Flare dispenser after an upgrade.
In modern Conflicts, where the battlefield is infested with shoulder-launched heat-seeking missiles such upgrade increases Aircraft's survivability
Sniper Advanced Targeting Pod.
Sniper Pod allows aircrews to identify targets outside the outside jet noise ranges. The pod's FLIR allows observation and tracking through smoke and clouds, and in low light / no light conditions. The pod also has an HDTV downlink.
PAF F16 D Block 52 and BM Seen With DB-110 Reconnaissance Pod.
The DB-110 is an advanced electro-optical infrared (EO/IR) pod designed to provide real-time, long-range, high-resolution imagery during both day and nighttime reconnaissance operations.
Pic 1: Huey belonging to the Ministery of Interior
Pic 2: Huey belonging to Pakistan Army Aviation
try finding the structural difference between both airframes.
PAF F16 BM armed dropping 2 x GBU 10s (2000lbs) Laser-guided bomb.
On 14 February 1991, an air-to-air kill was scored by a GBU-10 when a USAF F-15E Strike Eagle hit an Iraqi Air Force Mil Mi-24 Hind.