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Karakorum - 8 (K-8) | Jet Trainer Aircraft.

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23rd March parade rehearsals (Sherdils Team) :

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K8 Basic Advanced trainer aircraft
 

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K8 flight line
 

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Sherdils
 

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PAF K-8 is fitted with Honeywell TFE 731-2A-2A engine with 16.1 KN thrust whereas Chinese JL-8 has more powerful WS-11 engine with 16.9 KN thrust. This translates into K-8 being underpowered with max speed limited to Mach 0.75 and less than 2000 KG load. Our neighbouring IAF has BAE Hawk Jet trainers that boast of Mach 0.84 max and 3,000 KG useful load.

Hence, on paper K-8 falls into the category of Intermediate Trainers. Advanced Jet trainers such as Alenia Aermacchi M-346, T-50 & JL-9 are capable of much higher performance. I have therefore following questions:

1. Does PAF have any plans of fitting a more powerful engine to push the max speed of K-8 to say Mach 0.9?

2. Would PAF induct a supersonic advanced trainer in the foreseeable future?
 
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