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[fatman17]

How many Air Bases does PAF has???
@Signalian

Many

 

[fatman17]

Pakistan's indigenous fifth-generation fighter aircraft completes initial conceptual design phase

October 2019 news defense aviation aerospace air force industry
POSTED ON MONDAY, 14 OCTOBER 2019



Pakistan’s “Project Azm” whose centrepiece involves development of its own fifth generation fighter has accelerated, with first of the four “conceptual design phase” cycles being concluded.

Pakistans indigenous fifth generation fighter aircraft completes initial conceptual design phaseA non official concept art of FGFA (Picture source: globalsecurity.org)

The MoDP yearbook stated that the AvRID Secretariat has completed the first cycle of the conceptual design. It stated, “The first cycle of the conceptual design phase has been completed. The first configuration that was designed based on the challenging performance requirements of PAF will go through three more cycles within the conceptual design using higher fidelity analysis tools and codes.”

The Fifth-Generation Fighter Aircraft (FGFA) is the highlight of the much-anticipated Project Azm, which outlines the PAF’s ambition for developing a state of the art aviation industrial base within the country. This aviation industrial complex will support the defense capabilities of the country, alongside fulfilling civilian and commercial aviation needs.

The PAF formally initiated Project Azm in July 2017 with the objective of developing an FGFA, a medium-altitude and long-endurance (MALE) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), new munitions, and other projects.

When it announced Project Azm, the then Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Chief Marshal (ACM) Sohail Aman, had stated that the design work of the MALE UAV was in its “final stages.” The 2017-2018 MoDP yearbook stated that the scheduled deadline for the MALE UAV’s maiden flight was June 2019.

In terms of the FGFA, in a recent interview with the PAF Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Chief Marshal Mujahid Anwar Khan, stated that he does not expect the FGFA to become operational for “another decade.”

 

[fatman17]

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PAC Kamra rolls out its first locally overhauled JF-17 Thunder aircraft
Alan Warnes, Prague - Jane's Defence Weekly
03 October 2019
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The first JF-17 Thunder multirole combat aircraft overhauled in Pakistan was rolled out during a ceremony held on 26 September at the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) Kamra. The move comes nearly 10 years after the first JF-17, which was jointly developed by China and Pakistan, rolled off the production line there.

The Pakistan Air Force (PAF's) Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Mujahid Anwar Khan, said during the ceremony: "We are living in a technology-intensive world, where self-reliance and indigenisation are key to effectively addressing modern challenges. [The] PAF has been relentlessly pursuing these goals and has now achieved this remarkable capability".

Work on the JF-17 maintenance repair and overhaul (MRO) project has been under way since 2017. The chief engineer of JF-17 MRO, a wing commander who did not want to be named, had told Jane's in April, "We have been overhauling Chinese aircraft for the past few decades, so we took the initiative and developed our own JF-17 overhaul facility here in the Aircraft Repair Factory [ARF]."

"We developed the overhaul package, but to have it validated by the Chinese we sent two, effectively pattern aircraft to Changsha, in China during 2017," he added. Changsha is the 5712 Aircraft Industry Co., which operates under state-owned Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC).

Around the same time, the ARF started working on two JF-17s, in tandem with the two aircraft in China, with the wing commander stressing that "we carried out all the work here ourselves using our own procedures".

The two jets overhauled in China were back at PAC Kamra by April, when the ARF was working on a third aircraft. There are plans for five more aircraft to be overhauled at the factory in 2019, and a new hangar currently under construction will open next year, allowing 20 aircraft to be overhauled in 2020.The PAC in Kamra rolled out the first overhauled JF-17 aircraft in a ceremony held on 26 September. (Pakistan Air Force)

 

[fatman17]

October 18, 2016
3rd Shahadat Anniversary of Sir Wing Commander Fayyaz Athar, who embraced Shahadat in a Mirage crash while on a routine training Sortie during the Air drill High Marks 2016 near Karachi.

May Allah award the departed Soul the highest place in Jannat. Aamin
#PAF https://t.co/Nwo44jw2Qy

 

[Roller321321]

I've heard people talk about Abhinandan's messages with the Indian command before being shot down, are there any recordings of this?

 

[TOPGUN]

I've heard people talk about Abhinandan's messages with the Indian command before being shot down, are there any recordings of this?

kept in wraps due to extreme shame lolz.

 

[loanranger]

The perfect farewell. Lucky person.

 

[khanasifm]

https://dailythepatriot.com/checkma...or-indian-air-forces-future-weapon-platforms/

 

[Syed_Adeel]

 

[fatman17]

In addition SD-10A is being carried by JF-17 currently in service with PAF. Some specifications of SD-10: length 3,850mm, diameter 203mm, wing span 674mm, weight 180kg, max g-load 38g, max speed 4M, range 60-70km. Recently produced PL-12 was expected to feature an improved seeker with new digital processor and SINS. The improved PL-12 (PL-12A?) is thought to be comparable to American AIM-120C4. It was reported in November 2010 that PL-12 may feature an active/passive dual mode seeker in order to achieve greater ECCM capability and kill probability. Several improved versions were proposed by the 607 Institute, including PL-12B with improved guidance system, PL-12C with foldable tailfins for internal carriage by the 4th generation fighters (see PL-15) and PL-12D with a belly air inlet and a ramjet motor for long range attack similar to PL-21 (see below). During the 2012 Zhuhai Airshow a new anti-radiation air-to-ground variant was unveiled as LD-10 with a range of 60km, which could equip JF-17 as well.

- Last Updated 3/7/18

Is the PL10E in PAF inventory?

 

[thunderkaka]

Is the following true?

All Mirage III's and V's are planned to be replaced by JF-17s by 2030. In addition all F-7Ps/PGs are to be replaced by JF-17s by 2025.

That's a total of 454 jets.

Source: Wiki

 

[MIRauf]

Is the following true?

All Mirage III's and V's are planned to be replaced by JF-17s by 2030. In addition all F-7Ps/PGs are to be replaced by JF-17s by 2025.

That's a total of 454 jets.

Source: Wiki

200+, not 454.

Thus PAF wants new and used F-16s to replace at least 50 odd out of 200+. There was an post few years back where ACM outlined why PAF wanted US to give PAF option for used F-16s to replace some of the older jets.

 

[mingle]

200+, not 454.

Thus PAF wants new and used F-16s to replace at least 50 odd out of 200+. There was an post few years back where ACM outlined why PAF wanted US to give PAF option for used F-16s to replace some of the older jets.

Older F16 is alot better than F7 with V upgrades good for another 15 yrs. Lets see how deal pans out

 

[loanranger]

Is the following true?

All Mirage III's and V's are planned to be replaced by JF-17s by 2030. In addition all F-7Ps/PGs are to be replaced by JF-17s by 2025.

That's a total of 454 jets.

Source: Wiki

We make 24 jets a year. It would take us approximately 19 years to make 454 jets.

 

[GriffinsRule]

Not a patch, but a historic picture of a PAF Hawker with the markings of No 14 Squadron. The name Tail Choppers was given later after 1965. Wonder what they were called before that.

http://thetheoryofwellsomethings.blogspot.com/2018/09/saath-jaye-gi-parwaaz-meri.html