PAF Air Refueling Capability

[S.U.R.B.]

When a fighter is on ADA or during state of war it is loaded with all sorts of weapons by the time it stars up, taxis out, lines up and takes off it burns most of the fuel, So what they do is have a tanker above the base the fighter takes of with enough fuel to reach the tanker, It takes off with little fuel so the weight is less after take off it refuels and than the fighter is ready for action.

And Sir , isn't it better to keep the tanker with in the cloud of our ground air defenses as well?.Most PAF bases must be having good ground air defense:Like spada2000,HQ-9 etc.

 

[x_man]

The below pics have been resized and cropped so they are a bit more manageable...I assure you that what you see in the pics is 100 pc and arent Photo Shopped as last time some members accused me of PS in the Life in Squadron thread....anyway enjoy...

 

[x_man]

 

[S.U.R.B.]

Great

Thank you sir!




Now what i want is to see JF-17 doing the same.

 

[x_man]

 

[Imran Khan]

greaaaaaaaaaaaaaat sir x-man . thankssssssssssssss alot i know you will come in action soooooon

 

[Paksindhi]

I have a question, what if PAF needs to strike east coast of india, than how the refulling will occur, coz india hides its strategic weopens there, to use its land depht OR we will use billistic missiles.

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

I have a question, what if PAF needs to strike east coast of india, than how the refulling will occur, coz india hides its strategic weopens there, to use its land depht OR we will use billistic missiles.

I suspect the big benefit will be , lets say a plane finishes a mission , and will not land on airport and waste 35-40 minutes ... on ground , it can be refueled , again in 10 -15 min in air and continue its engagements (patrol or guarding missions)

This is ideal in case of busy airfield .. etc

Also strategically the planes / refueler could fly 200-300 km together and then the planes could refuel again and fly an extended mission

More planes in air will be flying with the refueler flying in air

Targeting east side of anything is not an issue now with the missiles we have...

 

[kursed]

x_man, Sir, can you please post a picture of the refueling probe in connection with the refueling aircraft?

 

[TOPGUN]

X-Man sir thankyou so much for the pic's it brings joy in to my eyes never mind the haters & what they say ... many of us know what you post is the real deal thx again sir

 

[satishkumarcsc]

I suspect the big benefit will be , lets say a plane finishes a mission , and will not land on airport and waste 35-40 minutes ... on ground , it can be refueled , again in 10 -15 min in air and continue its engagements (patrol or guarding missions)

This is ideal in case of busy airfield .. etc

Also strategically the planes / refueler could fly 200-300 km together and then the planes could refuel again and fly an extended mission

More planes in air will be flying with the refueler flying in air

Targeting east side of anything is not an issue now with the missiles we have...

Uh...a bit confused...how are planning to change the weapons load?

 

[MastanKhan]

I suspect the big benefit will be , lets say a plane finishes a mission , and will not land on airport and waste 35-40 minutes ... on ground , it can be refueled , again in 10 -15 min in air and continue its engagements (patrol or guarding missions)

This is ideal in case of busy airfield .. etc

Also strategically the planes / refueler could fly 200-300 km together and then the planes could refuel again and fly an extended mission

More planes in air will be flying with the refueler flying in air

Targeting east side of anything is not an issue now with the missiles we have...

Sir,

Respectfully----before putting a plethora of silly and unprofessional posts---if you could spend sometime and read up on some books telling you about flight missions / warfare---you would have not put on paper what you did---. Maybe read up on some fiction on air warfare---.

It is absolutely a poor attempt to show how clueless the poster is about flight missions.

 

[MastanKhan]

Hi,

These tankers look good on paper and in picture----but they are absolutely a waste of money. Neither does pakistan have the strategic depth to use the plane for refuelling nor does it have any heavy weight fighter escort cover to protect these planes, nor does the millitary have long range missiles to counter any threat approaching these tankers.

These tankers would be a sitting duck for indian heavy weight air superiority fighters.

The money would have been better invested on a heavyweight fighter interceptor sqdrn.

It time of war---which georgraphical point would these planes be at to refuel the aircraft with impunity except for baluchistan.

AQnother bad project by the PAF.

 

[qsaark]

Sir,

Respectfully----before putting a plethora of silly and unprofessional posts---if you could spend sometime and read up on some books telling you about flight missions etc---you would have not put on paper what you did---. Maybe read up on some fiction on air warfare---.

It is absolutely a poor attempt to show how clueless the poster is about flight missions.

Mastan Saheb, the poster is not an aviation enthusiast, only a casual reader/surfer who is visiting this thread because he likes to see certain aircrafts in the colors of PAF. Instead of talking this harsh to him, you could have sent him a private message explaining politely what he should do. You are a very senior and respected member here hence try to patronize those who do not have much knowledge insted of brushing them aside.

 

[Siddiqui A]

I have a question, what if PAF needs to strike east coast of india, than how the refulling will occur, coz india hides its strategic weopens there, to use its land depht OR we will use billistic missiles.

like u said bruv thats why we have our shaheen and ghauri