Featured 60 Aircraft To Participate in 'Shaheen X' Exercise Being Held in China

[Windjammer]

China and Pakistan Air Forces are going to hold a large air warfare exercise, ''Shaheen X'' in the Second week of December.
The interoperability exercises will involve over 60 fighter aircraft training against a common target and will take place in China’s western theatre command.

 

[arjunk]

So will we see another "unmarked" J-10 this time or will it be a J-20?

 

[Battlion25]

60 aircraft that is alot

 

[ZAC1]

Many will stay there n few birds have already gone there.Huge threat for IAF

 

[Beast]

Maybe the J-16 will participate?

 

[siegecrossbow]

60 aircraft that is alot

Not really if you add in support aircraft like transport, AWACS, and refuelers.

 

[Trango Towers]

60 aircraft that is alot

When a squadron is usually 12 aircraft then yes

 

[KaiserX]

60 aircrafts are a very significant number. Such numbers are seen in the Red flag or other major multinational excersises.

PAF needs to order 60 J10CE minimum. What good are all these interoperability excersises if we dont operate any of the modern PLAAF jets today? There is a significant windown of opportunity that pakistan-China can exploit via Gangedesh within the next few years.

 

[Titanium100]

Someone is shxxting his pants over this news..

I think this is going to become India's new boogeyman.

 

[Ali_Baba]

60 is alot of aircraft for an exercise - but when there are only 2 air arms involved - that is a hell of a lot of aircraft. Unusal. Interoperatability between PAF and PLAAF is the key here. Would be coold if some J20s and J16Ds came to the party aswell - would be a welcome wake up call for PAF interms of the advantages of both stealth aircraft - and fighter jet based EW aircraft.

Happy hunting PAF / PLAAF !!!!

 

[siegecrossbow]

So will we see another "unmarked" J-10 this time or will it be a J-20?

Doubtful unless India gets fifth gen, but we’ll see. It is not entirely out of the question since China sent those to a joint training with Russia early this year.

 

[Titanium100]

Pakistan has over 683 fighter jets could even show up with 100 fighter jets

 

[Gripen9]

When a squadron is usually 12 aircraft then yes

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[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

Operation Free Kashmir and Capture Chicken Neck

 

[FuturePAF]

Maybe the J-16 will participate?

Hopefully the J-16D and some J-20s are on the opposition/aggressor side. That would be very interesting. Test the allied pilots ability to operate in an intense EW environment. If Pakistan had the Havasoj, it could have brought that into the mix, maybe in a few years.