Quwa
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Well the link said that the first batch of FC-20s of the 36 would arrive in 2010-2011. The PAF may not have a fleet of 150 FC-20s until 2019 or perhaps later. The fleet of 250 JF-17s will probably be inducted by 2019 or a little later...Mark-i am only questioning the time-lines for induction of platforms. the way i see it the blk-15 F-16s after the MLU will be in service till atleast 2020. the bkl-52s would probably undergo a MLU at some-point in their service life and would be serving the PAF till atleast 2030 or longer. the mirages and F-7, A-5s would be history in the next 3-5 years. that just leaves the JF-17 and the F-20 and possibly the J-11 which will make the bulk of the PAF fleet in the long term. inducting upto 250 F-17s and 150 F-20s over the 2010-1015 time-span sounds awfully ambitious not to mention keeping the F-16s in full readiness and finally who's to say that more F-16s blk 52 wont be purchased.
As I see it, the infrastructure is already in place for the F-16A/B Blk-15, hence any addition of these aircraft would not be too much of an issue. The first F-16C/Ds will not arrive until 2010-2011, and if PAF is going to order more, it will have to confirm in 2009-2010.