Images - Pakistan Air Force in the Mirror of History.

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Harvard T6G Pakistan Air Force.

The old work horse of the past ! Most of the first generation pilots of the PAF have been trained on this aircraft.

 

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Miranshah Air Field, Waziristan, 1958 (c).

 

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A Student Pilot Of The Royal Indian Air Force Beside His Hawker Hurricane At A Flying Training School At Kohat, North-West Frontier, 1943 (c).

The Commanding Officer Of The Station Was Wing Commander Mukerjee. Air Marshal Subroto Mukherjee, He Was The First Chief Of The Air Staff Of The Indian Air Force (IAF). He Also Had Many First's To His Credit - The First Indian To Command A Flight, A Squadron, An Air Force Station (Kohat).
© Imperial War Museums

 

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FT 6

 

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PAF operated this, specially built VIP version, known as Viking 1-b. This aircraft had additional navigation aids as well as VIP configuration seating and internal layout. This aircraft was first flown in august, 1946 and used by PAF in 1948.

This Viking was in the personal use of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, till his death on the 11 September, 1948; when he flew from Quetta to Mauripur (PAF Base Masroor, Karachi). This aircraft was retired in 1953 and preserved in the museum.

 

[baajey]

nice thread. thanks.

 

[ghazi52]

Loading Aim-9 Sidewinders On Pakistan Air Force F-16's, Sarghoda AB, 1980's (c).

The AIM-9 Sidewinder (where "AIM" stands for "Air Intercept Missile") is a short-range air-to-air missile which entered service with the US Navy in 1956 and subsequently was adopted by the US Air Force in 1964. Since then the Sidewinder has proved to be an enduring international success, and its latest variants remain standard equipment in most western-aligned air forces. The Soviet K-13, a reverse-engineered copy of the AIM-9, was also widely adopted by a number of nations.

 

[baajey]

can the pakistani members upload some f-16 pictures please... and mirages.

 

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Mirage-VEF 96-721 in Dassault Facility, France.

 

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[jamesisi]

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So which aircraft is Our air chief sitting in ?

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I think a jet black colour scheme would be awesome for the night raids , only few jf17C and JF17B’s.