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Yeah it is pretty similar with USAF, but increase in ranks happen in PAF generally with the amount of time a pilot has spent in the air force. So you will see a flight lieutenant leading a 4 ship, with a squadron leader on his wing, but the squadron leader has spent more time in the air force...

Every PAF pilot I've met, hates the new ranks. And the uniform has changed accordingly the last few years(not at all impressed with it).

Well every AVM I've met looks now like a JCO with these new ranks, also with other ranks mentioned. And 2nd of all its the Turkish system the PAF has adopted during the year of 2006 and onwards.

Terrible ranks thanks to ACM Tanvir. Losing tradition day by day in the PAF.

Shahid Lateef wouldve been an ideal chief, he's very ambitious(very good in studies and flying, also holding a sprint record) and extremely rude with juniors(like all senior fighter pilots are to rookies), but the power of politics also plays in PAF. There are many people who do not get credit...

Wanted to go for it, turns out my BS in aeronautical engineering, and my Private Pilot's License is insufficient to join PAF, plus I'm an international student(even though my father flew as a fighter pilot for PAF), I cannot apply for these above conditions mentioned, even though I'm still under...

Went to the PAF selection center, and had a discussion with a "recruiter". PAF does not accept individual candidates from abroad anymore, they're more keen on people from cadet colleges. And degree holders, no chance of joining at all(my case as well). And I got a long lecture of not to have...

None of the F-16s are MLU yet in PAF, when I went to Sargodha.

I know what Green Flag is. And yeah I know what is CAS, I was teasing Super Falcon. CAS is probably the toughest kind of flying and exercise involved with the ground. Even the instructors admit it.

Yeah Red Flag is over. Green Flag is hosted by the United States Air Force at Nellis AFB, same as Red Flag. Yeah I'm sure in Green Flag you have pilots flying against destroyers or aircraft carriers stationed in the Nevada desert.

UAEAF will never sell their aircraft to PAF(increasing no. of ex-PAF instructors in UAEAF are being fired from their jobs for no reason). Overall the Mirage 2000 is a much better plane than F-16.(Source : PAF F-16 fighter pilots).

I get my knowledge from fighter pilots(Dad, and cousin) and my instructor for my Private Pilots Licence(UAEAF F-16 operational pilot at No.2 sqn, Al Dhafra) and a lot of other pilots (USMC, RAF, Armee de L'Air). And for working out I meant their fitness. And it is essential to send the least...

Red Flag should have inexperienced pilots flying in the exercise, but PAF decides to send their most experienced flyers. Also all of them need to work out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wg Cdr Aamir never flew in an Su-30, he flew F-16s all his life, dont know what his rank is though. Only one PAF pilot flew the Su-27 and MiG-29, and that is Group Captain(retd.) Imran Amin(very experienced Viper guy from 70th GD P, currently in Qatar Airways) but that was for evaluation, and...

Yes sir he is a qualified F-16 pilot, when A/B models were brand-new, and he was my dads student on Vipers. The media guy is an experienced Viper driver from PAF(also flew for 3 years with TuAF on Block 30s and 40s).

Btw I have some hi-res pics of Red Flag, and JF-17, and of PAF F-16s when leaving for Red Flag. I don't know how to post them up, but if anyone needs any of them, just PM me.

I've seen a HUD vid of the 1st Viper landing at Nellis AFB, thanks to the PAF media guy(also one of the 1st Viper pilots in late 80s), who is currently in Islamabad, met him a few days back.

Trust me I know, my dad was shot down by his own leader in the 80s. Brand new F-16 85720 shot down by 85726 on the right wing.

then again why wasting time learning basics in foreign soil when they can do the same in Malaysia?we got Hawk 108 and new MB-339A/C for that. on a side note,my favorite RMAF fighter pilot,Major Patricia Yapp(call sign FOXY) is already married...

No, to fly and be familiar with F-16s you have to be a fighter pilot. These aviation cadets are still trying to fly fast jet-trainers.