mastan khan
i wont say anything more than that I stand by my word. You watch this space my friend. I have mentioned this before that PAfs position is unique, and the things it has done in the past are a testimony to that. We cant have all the fancy toys but this puppy is going places.
WaSalam
Araz
Araz,
Please, please, please---don't give me that---don't patronize me---if you take away the valour part out of this discussion----the paf has been a total failure since the early 90's till now---a total failure as a corporation in procuring appropriate defensive and offensive systems for the welbeing of the country---they have been a total failure in not understanding the consequences of the upcoming sanctions by Pressler and Solariz in the 80's.
After 9/11 when the sanctions were lifted---it took them another 4 years to place an order for the planes that they were very familiar with F 16 blk 52---THAT 4 YEARS TIME CONSTITUTES TO CRIMINAL NEGLIGENCE on the part of PAF( from 2002 till 2005---2005 is when they placed the order )---they were cockawalking and strutting around in different countries and trying out every piece of s--t for 4 long years---and then ultimately they fell back to the blk 52. Between 2002 and 2005---cash was in abundance---pakistan had the money---it was the quake that broke our back. Any order for the procurement should have been placed by within months of the sanctions coming off---.
PAF again failed to understand that the the relationship between pak and india---the goodwill was only temporary---they failed to understand the significance of their ( pakistan's imporetance to the u s ) importance after 9/11---they failed to understand how india would react to this new relation and what it could do to sabotage the situation.
Indian mig 25's had been flying over our air space with impunity---at their discretion and at their pleasure---any time---any place---like it was their mama's backyard---
We never go to fight a war with a sob-story in one hand and sanctions prone equipment in the other hand.
It is because of those procurement failures that we will never catch upto our old nemesis for the next many many years.
The bravery and professionalism of the pilots is never in question---but paf administration has lied to the pakistani public through their teeth and that is the problem.
Remember that girl who asked Nawaz Sharif on tv---why don't you avenge my brother's death---her brother was a lt. on the Atlantique shot down by indian mig 23---and Nawaz replied---" bus hum kuch nahin kar saktay bibi--- " " we cannot do anything ma'am ".
In my heart I knew that paf was a sitting duck---that day I got the proof.
I am tired of hearing about PAF pilots---that they will lay down their lives for the country---I know that they will---without any doubt and second thought---they will leave their families behind knowing upfront that they are on a one way mission and never coming back---knowing very well that they are going in BLIND to fight an enemy with a 360 deg lookout and a strike capability beyond vision---they will sacrifice themselves with pride, honour and dignity flying their out dated machines---that is painful to me---I want my boys to come back home alive---one time---everytime.
This was and is totally unfair to paf pilots---to be a cannon fodder---their bosses should have known better and planned better---ahead of time---they were a total failure time and again in deciphering the the mood of the american congress in the late 80's---they became a failure one more time going to sleep during the lovey dovey relationship between pak and india after 2001.
