According to Jane Pakistan Air Force to receive the first 12 of 26 twin-seat JF-17B Thunder ‘in the near future’. Eight of these aircraft were built at the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) in Kamra, while the remaining four were constructed by the Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group (CAIG) in China, where the …
Read More »Pakistan Air Force Chengdu FT-7 PG Crashes Near Mainwali Killing Both Pilots
A Pakistan Air Force Chengdu FT-7P serial number 90-611 crashed near Chah Miana, Mianwali district, Punjab province when approaching M. M. Alam Air Base (OPMI), during a routine training mission. The dual-seat aircraft FT-7 was on its routine operational training mission when it crashed shortly after taking off from the …
Read More »Pakistan Air Force To Get 36 New F-16 Jets & Upgrade Old F-16s: Report
According to Pakistan media reports, Pakistan Air Force (PAF) is all set to upgrade its F-16 program with technical assistance and possibly 36 advanced fighter jets from the United States. Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. has won a fixed-price $9.1 million contract for technical security team support services for Pakistan’s F-16 …
Read More »IAF Fighter Jets Went Incommunicado During Balakot Strike Due To Lack Of Operational Data-Link
© AFP 2019 / DIBYANGSHU SARKAR According to the Times of India report, the Absence of operational data-link (ODL) was one of the biggest hurdles that the Indian Air Force (IAF) faced during the Pakistan Air Force retaliation on February 27, a day after the IAF carried out Balakot airstrike …
Read More »Satellite Imagery Spotted Chinese JY-27A Anti-Stealth Radar In Pakistan
An Open source satellite imagery spotted Chinese JY-27A anti-stealth Radar in Pakistan at the Pakistan Air Force’s (PAF) M.M. Alam Air Base. According to Jane’s Defence Weekly, satellite imagery captured on 29 August has revealed a China Electronics Technology Group Corporation (CETC) JY-27A counter-very-low-observable (CVLO) radar at Mianwali Air Base (AB) in …
Read More »IAF Pilot Abhinandan’s Mannequin Displayed With Tea Cup At PAF Museum
Pakistan has displayed a mannequin of Indian Air Force pilot Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman inside a war museum of Pakistan Air Force in Karachi. A photo of the mannequin was shared by political commentator and Pakistan journalist Anwar Lodhi who captioned his post, “PAF has put mannequin of Abhi Nandhan …
Read More »PAF F-16s Intercepted SpiceJet Delhi-Kabul Flight After Mid-Air Confusion
According to India media reports, on September 23 a SpiceJet aircraft on its way to Kabul from New Delhi with 120 passengers on board was intercepted by Pakistan Air Force fighter jets which then escorted the airliner out of the country’s airspace last month, sources in the Directorate General of …
Read More »Project Azm: Pakistan Makes Progress On Fifth-Generation Fighter Aircraft Program
In January 2019 photo of Pakistan-future-stealth-aircraft (Project AZM) was leaked. The photo accidentally exposed the proposed model of three single-head stealth fighters named JF-20, JF-17, and JF-17.6. The Conceptual design of Pakistan-future-stealth-aircraft was also spotted on the tail of PAF C-130 during Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT) 2019. The Pakistan …
Read More »Pakistani Drones Violated Indian Airspace Along International Border
Indian Border Security Force claimed to sight high-flying drones along with Punjab’s Hussainiwala sector. Border Security Force personnel sighted the drone four times on the Pakistani side, while once it was seen almost a kilometer inside the Indian territory, a BSF official said, Press Trust of India. According to news …
Read More »Pakistan Air Force Successfully Rolls Out First Indigenously Overhauled JF-17 Thunder Fighter Jet
In another significant milestone, Pakistan Air Force successfully rebuilds the JF-17 Thunder facility indigenously, enhancing the competitiveness of PAF and an imperative step towards self-reliance. To mark this occasion, a roll-out ceremony was held at the Aircraft Rebuild Factory Kamra, today. Out of the first four JF 17aircraft, two were …
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