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Roger that, Blain2! Without air superiority and close air support to deal with the SAM threat, attack helos are ripe targets for enemy fighters and enemy SAMs.

I just remembered: does the J-10 have a passively phased array radar, an active electronically phased array radar, or a plain old pusle-doppler radar?

The thrust-vecotring engine is being developed (or maybe it is being actively tested now). If I recall properly, the thrust-vectoring version of the WS-13 is nearing completion or has been completed. In any case, it seems that the J-10 will eventually have thrust vectoring (although the aircraft...

Thank you melb4aust for that reply. However, at least two air forces (Belgium and Indonesia) have F-16As with parachute fairings. "The aircraft originally received a smart blue/white color scheme (replaced by the Millenium colour scheme in 2000), and have a parachute fairing present in the...

Does the tailcone have ECM equipment or a brake chute?

Here is the link for the bill passed by the US Congress in late 2005 about the transfer of USS Fletcher to Pakistan: http://www.********************/news/FullNews/2005/Dec2005/PN_billtext.pdf

The P-3C is a dedicated anti-submarine (and now anti-surface as well) aircraft designed to provide advanced warning of enemy assets and to provide a way with which to deal with those threats.It utilizes a number of devices for the detection of enemy assets including sonar, sonobuoys, and its...

Lahore!!!

By the way, does anyone know whether the extended tailcone that can be seen on the F-16 models at IDEAS 2006 a housing for ECM equipment or for a brake chute?

Here's some more: Lockheed Martin Corp., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $161,033,000 firm-fixed-price and time and materials contract. The procurement of foreign military sales F-16 A/B Mid-Life updated for the Peace (Pakistan) program for the F-16 Block 15 aircraft. The procurement of...

I checked on the DSCA website and found this information about the 40 AH-1F Cobra helos allocated to Pakistan under Excess Defense Articles: 40 helos (all AH-1Fs) were allocated (8/19/2003) and accepted (5/31/2004).

Here is another link for some more information on the P-3 AEW&C and for some pictures as well. http://www.geocities.com/lucktam/awacs/p3aew.htm

I don't know about when the A/Bs might be handed over (the F-16.net report did not say whether the C/Ds or A/Bs would be coming in 2008), but here is some info on the MLU package for Pakistan: "The Government of Pakistan has requested a possible sale of 60 F-16A/B Mid-Life Update (MLU)...

I believe someone was asking earlier about when Pakistan will start receiving F-16s. This is what was on F-16.net: "The Pakistani Daily Times quoted Pakistan Air Chief Air Marshal Rashad Kaleem saying that the US will begin providing the F-16 jet fighters to Pakistan as of December 2008."...

Here's more: November 17: Raytheon Co., Tucson, Ariz., is being awarded a $269,646,834 firm-fixed-price contract modification. This action is exercising an option to purchase 500 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) Air Vehicles (AAVs) Air Intercept Missile (AIM) –...

Here's some info about the radars on the Block 52s for Pakistan November 15 Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems, Linthicum Heights, Md., is being awarded a $99,500,000 firm-fixed-price contract. This action provides for government furnished property for the Government of Pakistan for F-16...

Here is the Pentagon's report on what blain2 graciously submitted: Lockheed Martin Corp., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $144,069,000 firm-fixed-price and time and materials contract. The...

The embargoed F-16s are stored in Arizona.

Hello everyone. I have read that the JF-17 is supposed to get IRST at some point. Does anyone know whether the pre-production aircraft or production aircraft will get this? Also, what are some advantages of IRST?

Check this out: "Pakistan targets export market for low-cost missiles" PAKISTAN launched a new marketing campaign for the sale of its 'Baktar Shikan' anti-tank missile and the ANZA-MKII anti-aircraft missile this month, seeking to capture customers from countries in the surrounding...