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Pakistan Naval Aviation
INVENTORY
Aircraft
Aérospatiale : SA.319B Alouette III Astazou
Delivered : 8
Current : 6
WFU : 1
Stored : 1
Outstanding Order : 4
Note: Reports from 2005 suggested that more examples may be acquired. The first 2 from a batch of 6 former-French military examples were delivered on 11th April 2008, having been purchased via the UK-based company MNA Technologies Ltd.
Aérospatiale : SE.3160 Alouette III
Delivered : 4
Current : 0
WFU : 4
Note: The type is almost certainly withdrawn from service.
AgustaWestland : Lynx HAS.3
Delivered : 3
Current : 0
WFU : 3
In service from September 1994 until 2005
Note: The type was withdrawn from service by 2005, with the airframes possibly due to be offered for sale for spares recovery purposes.
AgustaWestland : Westland WS-61 Sea King Mk.45
Delivered : 6
Current : 5
Losses : 1
AgustaWestland : Westland WS-61 Sea King Mk.45B
Delivered : 1
Current : 1
Breguet : Br.1150 Atlantic
Delivered : 6
Current : 1
Losses : 1
WFU: 4
Britten-Norman : BN-2T Maritime Defender
Delivered : 3
Current : 3
Fokker : F-27-200MPA Friendship
Delivered : 5
Current : 5
Note: A 5th aircraft was added to the inventory on 11th April 2008; formerly operated by Pakistan International Airlines in passenger configuration, this has now been upgraded to fulfill the maritime patrol task.
Fokker : F-27-400M Troopship
Delivered : 1
Current : 1
Harbin Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation : Z-9C Haitun
Outstanding Order : 6
Note: 6 Z-9C helicopters were reportedly ordered from HAMC in 2005 & at least 1 example was photographed in China during September 2007. None are believed to have been delivered by early 2009, although official mention has again been made of the type being inducted in the future along with the F-22 Frigates.
Lockheed : P-3C-II.75 Orion
Delivered : 3+3
Current : 2+3
Losses : 1
Stored :
Outstanding Order : 5
Note: Formerly-stored aircraft are currently being reactivated for return to service. The 8 examples on order are ex-USN aircraft being refurbished after AMARG storage. 1 example will be used for spares recovery. order delayed due to non-availability of FMS funds for their upgrade.
Pakistan Army Aviation Corps
INVENTORY
Aircraft
Aérospatiale : AS.350B3 Écureuil
Delivered : 10
Current : 10
Note: Delivered in 2005 & 2006.
Aérospatiale : SA.315B Lama
Delivered : 20+
Current : 6
Losses : 4+
WFU : 10+
Stored :
Aérospatiale : SA.316B Alouette III
Delivered : 12
Current : ?
Sold : 1+
Note: transferred to PAF and PN
Aérospatiale : SA.330F Puma
Delivered : 1
Current : 1
Aérospatiale : SA.330J Puma
Delivered : 35
Current : 20+
Losses : 1+
WFU :
Stored :
Note: 5-6 ex-UAE examples purchased for spares recently.
Note: Confirmed attrition loss occurred on 8th October 2007.
Aérospatiale : SE.3160 Alouette III
Delivered : 6
Current :
WFU : 1+
Note: transferred to PAF and PN
AgustaWestland : AW139
Outstanding Order : 5
In service from May 2009
Note: Of the 5 examples being acquired, 2 are to assume duties as VIP/VVIP transports whilst the remaining 3 will be fitted to undertake humanitarian relief operations. The first AW139 will be delivered in late May 2009.
Aircraft Manufacturing Factory, Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) : MFI-17 Mushshak
Delivered : 120?
Current :
Losses : 1+
WFU :
Stored :
Note: Around 300 built: mostly delivered to Pakistan AF & Army, although exact quantities are unconfirmed to date. A confirmed attrition loss occurred on 13th August 2008, with 1 fatality.
Beech Aircraft : Beech 200 Super King Air
Delivered : 1
Current : 1
Beech Aircraft : U-8F Seminole
Delivered : 1
Current : 0
WFU : 1
Bell Helicopter : AH-1F Cobra
Delivered : 20
Current : 20
Outstanding Order : 8 (order cancelled?)
Note: A total of 40 airframes are due from the US via FMS; 20 are to be used for spares only & are not included in the above totals. Deliveries expected to be concludsd by the end of 2008. On 26th September 2008 the US DSCA notified Congress of the possible sale, refurbishment & maintenance of a further 8 Cobras.
Bell Helicopter : AH-1S Cobra
Delivered : 20
Current : 19
Losses : 1
Note: 19 surviving airframes are in the process of undergoing upgrades to AH-1F configuration for conformity with newly-delivered former US Army examples arriving in 2007 & 2008.
Bell Helicopter : Bell 206B-2 JetRanger
Delivered : 10
Current : 6
Losses : 1+
WFU : 1+
Stored :
Bell Helicopter : Bell 206B-3 JetRanger
Delivered : 12
Current : 8
WFU :
Stored :
Bell Helicopter : Bell 412EP
Delivered : 26
Current : 25
Losses:1
Outstanding Order : See Note
Note: At least 10 examples are believed to have been allocated to Army from the batch of 26 delivered to Pakistan (now delivered). On 1st June 2009 the US Army awarded a $51 million contract for 5 Bell 412EP helicopters to BHTI & it is believed the end-user might possibly be Pakistan, although this has not yet been confirmed.
Bell Helicopter : UH-1H Iroquois
Delivered : 6
Current : 4
Losses : 2
Outstanding Order : 20
Note: 40 in total due from US via FMS; 20 are expected to be used for spares: deliveries underway.
Cessna Aircraft Company : Cessna 421C Golden Eagle
Delivered : 1
Current : 1
Cessna Aircraft Company : Cessna 550 Citation II Bravo
Delivered : 1
Current : 1
Cessna Aircraft Company : Cessna 560 Citation V
Delivered : 1
Current : 1
Harbin Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation : Y-12 II Turbo Panda
Delivered : 4
Current : 4
Kazan Helicopters : Mi-172 'Hip-H'
Delivered : 3
Current : 3
Note: 3 aircraft delivered during the second half of 2008. All are configured for the VVIP & presidential transportation role.
Kazan Helicopters : Mi-17-V5 'Hip'
Delivered : 2
Current : 2
Note: 2 aircraft delivered during the second half of 2008. Both are configured for the MedEvac & SAR role.
MD Helicopters : Hughes 500
Delivered : 5
Current : 5
Mil (Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant) : Mi-17-1V 'Hip-H'
Delivered : 36
Current : 33
Losses : 3
Note: As many as 32 Mi-17-1V models are reported to have been acquired in a large batch delivered between 2002 & 2008. A further 4 Mi-17 helicopters have been leased from the US Department of Defense for use in ongoing anti-Taliban operations in the Swat Valley, having been delivered in late June 2009. The most recent attrition losses have occurred on 5th August 2004 & 3rd July 2009, the latter resulting in 26 fatalities.
Mil (Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant) : Mi-24V 'Hind-E'
Delivered : 1
Current : 1
Note: Captured ex-Afghan example believed to have been in recent use in Swat operations.
Mil (Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant) : Mi-8T 'Hip-C'
Delivered : 12
Current : 0
WFU : 12
Note: Type withdrawn from service during 1986.
Rockwell International : Aero Commander 690C Super
Delivered : 2 or 3
Current : 1
WFU : 1 or 2
Rockwell International : Gulfstream Jetprop 840
Delivered : 1
Current : 1
Schweizer Aircraft Corporation : Schweizer 300C
Delivered : 10
Current : 10
US also offer F5 to Pakistan but Pakistan refused.The F-5s Transferred from Saudia and later returned to the source seem to be missing from the list.
During the 1971 War, different types of fighters from some friendly countries were temporarily transferred to the PAF. Of these groups, a formation of three F-5As with PAF markings are shown here entering the Pakistani territory. The pilots who ferried the F-5s were:-
Squadron Leader: Tahir Kheli
Squadron Leader: Zaigham Aizad
Flight Lieutenant: Bilal Khan
i think it turned out better then i thought at least in the long term more damage wasnt done then what could have happened may be i am wrong but hey its a free worldit must have been a sad day when President Zia's plane crashed
It means E-2C hawkeye deal is ON
As well as P-3B
I don't understand why Pakistan is so willing to accept US cast offs like T-37, Cobras, M-113,Oliver Hazard Perry class missile frigate, F-16 C/D, P-3, C-130E, Bell 412 etc which have all been retired for decades or are in the process of being phased out. Surely it is counter-intuitive to induct equipment that is already outdated and beyond/coming to an end of their service lives' ? This is just an effective way for the US to get rid of their cast-offs that would otherwise sit and rot in mammoth military surplus yards.
I don't understand why Pakistan is so willing to accept US cast offs like T-37, Cobras, M-113,Oliver Hazard Perry class missile frigate, F-16 C/D, P-3, C-130E, Bell 412 etc which have all been retired for decades or are in the process of being phased out. Surely it is counter-intuitive to induct equipment that is already outdated and beyond/coming to an end of their service lives' ? This is just an effective way for the US to get rid of their cast-offs that would otherwise sit and rot in mammoth military surplus yards.