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