Capabilities of PAF Dassault MIRAGE-III/V.

[Windjammer]

This year marks 50 years of Mirages service with PAF....1967......2017.
The event was celebrated with seven Mirages representing all current PAF Mirage squadrons participating in the Pakistan Day flypast with three of the aircraft marking the occasion with a bomb burst. One of the aircraft was also painted with special markings.


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Specially painted Mirage-V to mark 50 years of the types service with PAF.

 

[el nino]

Specially painted Mirage-V to mark 50 years of the types service with PAF.

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I salute the PAF mirages for services rendered

Will go down as lengendary fighters for PAF.

but these planes are 50 years old and in a 21st century air campaign they will suffer terrible losses.

The Mirage 5 was designed to fight F4 phantom or a MIG21 / mig23

They are not designed to fight 4th generation fighters like mirage2000/ mig29/ su30mki & Rafale .

 

[Michael Corleone]

i don't understand how these fighters are still airworthy... quality? or just still has flight hours left in em?

 

[khanasifm]

Per paf history book 1999-2013 all user except paf retired mirage after gv-2 or second overhaul paf/Pac devised gv-3 and mini GV-3 to keep them.flying

Same thing for f7s oem had 2600 hours total life pac Devised another ground visit or overhaul to get additional 200 hours before jf replacement of f7s w/o support from oem

 

[denel]

When i see a mirage 3/5, it brings great memories when we did the port-over/complete re-construction to a new design based on part kfir and part local.

note the ifr which PAF bought from us....

It was one of our greatest achievements and just superb performance overall. Now all sold off to ecuador.

Another cheetah with Table mountain backdrop.

 

[nomi007]

hope paf will continue his journey by replacing mirage III/V with UAE mirage 2000

 

[Readerdefence]

At the moment we can have Burj khalifa only but that's also only on republic day

 

[Windjammer]

Special tail markings on a Mirage commemorating the types 50 years of service with the PAF.

 

[fatman17]

Special tail markings on a Mirage commemorating the types 50 years of service with the PAF.

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Should send them for the Royal Tattoo RIAT

 

[MastanKhan]

I salute the PAF mirages for services rendered

Will go down as lengendary fighters for PAF.

but these planes are 50 years old and in a 21st century air campaign they will suffer terrible losses.

The Mirage 5 was designed to fight F4 phantom or a MIG21 / mig23

They are not designed to fight 4th generation fighters like mirage2000/ mig29/ su30mki & Rafale .

Hi,

They are not---so their role is for strike missions---& EW.

 

[el nino]

Hi,

They are not---so their role is for strike missions---& EW.

Fair point .

Did not realise they are not geared to BVR air combat or dog fighting

 

[khanasifm]

Bottom line if there was $$ they would be replaced years ago adding 1 sqn per year means at least 2 to 3 hundred million dollars I mean for jf so looks that is the max ratr og Induction capacity exist d for sqn and half but paf only getting one per year

 

[nomi007]

Should send them for the Royal Tattoo RIAT

better to send them next paris airshow

 

[MystryMan]

hope paf will continue his journey by replacing mirage III/V with UAE mirage 2000

With used F16 instead.

 

[CHI RULES]

With used F16 instead.

PAF hands are tied in case of even old F16s, at present PAF has no liberty to arm their F16s with required ground attack ammo only limited options available for defensive roles they are good only for air combat. However their edge in A2A role shall be lost buy 2018-19 when IAF starts induction Rafael.

PAF should immediately look for another 4.5th gen fighter as gap filler.