In the case of Pakistan, historically, Pakistan has confronted India and the Soviet Air Force during the war between India and Pakistan and during the war in Afghanistan. In the 1950s and 1970s, the Pakistan Air Force was clearly dominant in the record, and even had a number of "one-day trump card" (one of the air combat in the shooting more than five aircraft), especially in the 1980s to obtain US F-16 fighter, the Pakistan Air Force has repeatedly played against the Soviet Air Force, and achieved good results. Under the American system trained pilots in the initiative, enthusiasm has some characteristics.
But despite this, after the Cold War, with the Indian and Pakistan strength of the shift, the Soviet Union after the disintegration of the United States to reduce the strength of Pakistan's military aid and other factors, the Pakistan Air Force a serious crisis. By the year 2000, the Pakistani Air Force, which was mainly equipped with Mirage-3, had to "protect the war" and let the Indian Air Force third-generation fighter plane implement air support in the border conflict between India and Pakistan. This is the biggest shame in the history of the Pakistan Air Force.
In fact, this is not just a performance disadvantage of the fighter, for the Pakistan Air Force, its early India and Pakistan war experience in organizing air battles in the three generations after the era has long been outdated, and its acceptance of the F-16 and the Soviet Union after the air confrontation It is only a border action, for its organization of large-scale air combat is also no help. It can be said that Pakistan was completely at that time did not have the ability to organize a formal air confrontation. On the contrary, the Indian Air Force not only vigorously procurement of advanced fighters, but also efforts to organize their own air operations organizational capacity, especially after entering the 21st century, India "Jianlou" access to Israel "Feierkang" air warning system, Pakistan is a " Asymmetric advantage ". A small number of outstanding pilots in the system against the overall disadvantage in the case, is not play a big role.
Since the new century, with the development of the Pakistan Air Force JF-17 fighter and the United States to thank the Pakistan war crimes in the contribution to the delivery of F-16C / D fighter aircraft to Pakistan and part of the F-16A fighter to upgrade, Pakistan Air Force strength has a new improvement.
For the well-known reasons, the Pakistan Air Force did not send its most advanced F-16C / D fighters to participate in CMB training, "falcon" when, perhaps the future Sino-Pakistani training can look forward to the new Aspect
Pakistan Air Force ZDK-03 early warning aircraft publicity photo, although the aircraft has long been the arrival, but how to use this early warning aircraft in the air combat to seize the advantage, the Pakistan Air Force is still a big problem
However, from the combat point of view, the Pakistan Air Force has entered the three generations of machine age, never had a large-scale air confrontation experience. Especially in the Indian Air Force has hundreds of advanced three generations of fighters under the premise of the Pakistan Air Force is not only in the number of weaknesses, strategic depth, the number of bases and other factors have been India over one. So the full start of the facelift JF-17, and gradually replace the old "Phantom" series fighter in the process, the Pakistan Air Force in urgent need of large-scale air campaign organization of new experience.
Can be said that the joint training of Pakistan and Pakistan, the Pakistan Air Force is a rare opportunity, because the United States will not give Pakistan a similar opportunity, and Pakistan's Middle East allies are now busy with the Air Force "war", there is no similar opportunity.
It is noteworthy that Pakistan, including ZDK-03 early warning aircraft to participate in the whole, for Pakistan, to learn how to use early warning aircraft for air command is a new issue, the CMB Air Force "with the same By "training, but also contains the early warning aircraft with the training, which in fact than the Pakistani Emmanuel Brigadier General J-11BS fighter is much more meaningful.
For Pakistan's future potential for future military conflict, the experience of the Pakistani Air Force in obtaining large-scale air battles that can not be obtained through other channels will be of great value.
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