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[umair86pk]

Other LDP in service are ATLIS II on F-16A/B and DART on Mirage V ROSE II/III

 

[Windjammer]

Seems i have totally missed the news, after No.17 (Tigers) and No.23 (Talons)....Rafiqui based No.20 Squadron (Cheetahs) is also equipped with F-7PGs.

 

[Tacticool]

News appeared that we'll have one f-16 mlu in one month from TAI.
So we should have atleast 15+ till now.
Starting from november 2011 to march 2013.
any news?

 

[Tacticool]

News about j-10B?
When can we expect first deliveries?
China had finalized FC-1 design in 2009.
Why haven't they inducting it?

 

[Windjammer]

It's thumbs up from the PAF.

I find this image of PAF training cadets nostalgic, it reminds one of the pilot's mission briefings in 1965 war.

 

[Windjammer]

The Need For Speed.

 

[fatman17]

It's thumbs up from the PAF.

I find this image of PAF training cadets nostalgic, it reminds one of the pilot's mission briefings in 1965 war.

damn those guys are young....!

 

[Jango]

damn those guys are young....!

Sir jee ab flying officer itna hi hoga na!

Equivalent to a lieutenant in the army

 

[fatman17]

•On Thursday, Pakistan Air Force (PAF) jets bombed Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Lakshar-e-Islam (LI) hideouts in Ghaibi Neeka area of Sipah and the Nakai area of Malikdinkhel in the Tirah valley, Khyber agency, killing two LI fighters and one TTP member.[3]

•On Thursday, PAF jets bombed militant hideouts in Kotkhel area of Orakzai agency, killing eight.[10]

 

[Abu Zolfiqar]

The Need For Speed.

i bet you a million bucks it was Walid ("Stealth") who took that picture

i'd love to borrow a runway and a Gixer for a few hours

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and on a side note:

74 years ago today

PAF MILESTONE: PAF Draws 'First Blood' On 10 April 1959

On 10 April 1959, on the occasion of the
Islamic Eid ul-Fitr festival holiday in Pakistan,
an Indian Air Force (IAF) English Electric
Canberra B(I)58 intruded into Pakistani
airspace on a photo reconnaissance mission.

Two PAF F-86F Sabres from No. 15
Squadron on Air Defence Alert (ADA) were
scrambled from Peshawar Air Base to
intercept the IAF intruder. The Sabre pilots
were Flt. Lt. M. N. Butt (leader) and Flt. Lt.
M. Yunus (wingman)(Later Air Vice Marshal)
whereas Pilot Officer Rab Nawaz was the on-
duty Air Defence Controller forthis mission.

Nawaz successfully vectored both Sabres to
the location of the high-flying Canberra. Butt
attempted to bring down the Canberra by
firing his Sabre's machine guns but the
Canberra was flying at an altitude of more
than 50,000 feet - beyond the operational
ceiling of the F-86F.

When Yunus took over from his leader, the
Canberra suddenly lost height while executing
a turn over Rawalpindi.

Yunus grabbed this opportunity and fired a burst from
his 12.7 mm guns that struck the Canberra at an
altitude of 47,500 feet and brought it down
over Rawat, near Rawalpindi.

Thus, PAF drew 'first blood' against the IAF. '55-5005'
was the serial number of the F-86F Sabre that was
flown by Flt.Lt. Yunus that day. Both the
occupants of the IAF Canberra, namely Sqn.
Ldr. J.C. Sen Gupta (pilot) and Flt. Lt. S.N.
Rampal (navigator) from the IAF's No. 106
Sqn., ejected and were taken prisoner by
Pakistani authorities and were subsequently
released after remaining in detention for
some time.

 

[Bratva]

@Stealth Haan bhai Walid ye kia sun rahy hay hum?

 

[Windjammer]

How Cool Is This Guys.!!

 

[Windjammer]

The Pride And The Passion is..... PAF.

 

[Slav Defence]

The Pride And The Passion is..... PAF.

excellent post...windy...i wonder why the hell these Americans and Europeans only show poor women who face domestic violence and why not these brave women of Pakistan..and no media person even makes film on such power full females.

 

[Windjammer]

excellent post...windy...i wonder why the hell these Americans and Europeans only show poor women who face domestic violence and why not these brave women of Pakistan..and no media person even makes film on such power full females.

@Slav Defence
Actually once the female pilots qualified, they did receive major media coverage, in-fact i remember all the major English dailies carried articles with pictures....here's a CNN report.