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Date Posted: 20-Oct-2011
Pakistan Mirage 5 crashes during training
James Hardy Asia-Pacific Editor - London
A Pakistan Air Force (PAF) pilot died when his Dassault Mirage 5 fighter aircraft crashed during a training sortie in Balochistan Province on 19 October, officials said.
The PAF's about 80-strong Mirage 5 fleet is a mixture of 5F, 5PA, 5PA2, 5PA3 and 5DR variants, the latter of which is a reconnaissance platform. In 2004 it bought 40 Libyan Air Force Mirages for use as spares for its existing fleet of aircraft.
The PAF is phasing out its Mirage fleet and replacing it with JF-17 Thunder multirole fighters, which Pakistan is co-producing with China.
Pakistan Mirage 5 crashes during training
James Hardy Asia-Pacific Editor - London
A Pakistan Air Force (PAF) pilot died when his Dassault Mirage 5 fighter aircraft crashed during a training sortie in Balochistan Province on 19 October, officials said.
The PAF's about 80-strong Mirage 5 fleet is a mixture of 5F, 5PA, 5PA2, 5PA3 and 5DR variants, the latter of which is a reconnaissance platform. In 2004 it bought 40 Libyan Air Force Mirages for use as spares for its existing fleet of aircraft.
The PAF is phasing out its Mirage fleet and replacing it with JF-17 Thunder multirole fighters, which Pakistan is co-producing with China.