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Discussed to death EF is expensive to operate and those of tranch 1 are seemingly expensive to update for multirole (rather than air Superiority) last high chances if sanctions more than uncle sam, you sneez here and germans will sanction you
British did uodated their tranche 1 for 5-10 million for decent a2g roles(block 5 trench 1 had same FOC as trench 2-3) There are plenty of EF lying around in every country (england, austria, spain etc)..if the price drops to sub 40m and PAF has enough money to get 60 odd than it looks to be good aircraft but just don't sneez otherwise germans will block it
Sir,
EFT Tranche I = Air superiority.
EFT is expensive to operate as it has twin engines, this logic does not count when it is based on what it can achieve.
Over the years PAF operated various twin engine aircraft, however some good or bad decision lead PAF to remove them by premature retirement which left behind a void in capabilities. Till this day since 1965 PAF has never recovered form the loss of air superiority it faced once F-104's were grounded, this was felt in 5 years time. PAF did try to address this by a concept of aerial deniability by inducting Mirrage III and V which are till date operational (40 years).
Some seniors still criticize that the induction of these Mirages
(a) could have come earlier and
(b) them being stationed not just in WEST PAKISTAN but in EAST PAKISTAN with an offensive role could have had a different out come all together.
B-57 Canberra
This was a Twin engined deep strike bomber which was once again retired without adequate replacement. Till date PAF lacks a decent strike platform.
Made shifts that were introduced were F-7s and F-5 both were Twin engine aircraft, both have been retired with limited numbers of JF-17.
GOP can generate no more that $200 million per year for operational costs of a twin engine aircraft and give this to PAF, not a high price of having Freedom of Independence for the citizens of Pakistan.