Pakistan Air Force Transport

[ghazi52]

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Wing Commander AKS "Tich" Ahmad shaheed. One of the pioneering transport pilots of PAF.

He was commanding No 6 Squadron based at Lahore when he took off in a Bristol Freighter with 18 souls on board for a bombing training mission at Jamrud range. Destination was to be Peshawar Airfield. Also on board was S/L Shahzada OC Admin Wing Lahore and another officer who were actually booked on another freighter which went via Chaklala but they chose to travel in this one due to shorter leg.

They never reached Peshawar as aircraft crashed near Khewra with everyone on board killed. Freighter involved was Sr no G783. Aircraft had entered a high speed stall, It was first major fatal accident involving any PAF aircraft. May all souls rest in peace. Crash date 26th August 1952.

 

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Different Shades of grey!

 

[ghazi52]

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[Wolfhunter]

Different Shades of grey!

A video for all the Hercy lovers on PDF:

Footage of the Experimental C130y - the ancestor of the Combat Talon.

 

[ghazi52]

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PAF's oldest Hercules turns 65 years old. Its in service with PAF for 60 years in same No. 6 Squadron Antelopes, where it was inducted in 1963.

Pakistan Air Force one of the oldest C-130B Hercules [Reg: 3536] which was built in 1959.

 

[ghazi52]

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Pakistan Air Force Lockheed C-130E aircraft equipped with a full glass cockpit. Rockwell Collins was selected by PAF in 2017 to modernize and upgrade its C-130 fleet with Flight2 avionics suite.

 

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[CSAW]

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[syed_yusuf]

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Pakistan Air Force Lockheed C-130E aircraft equipped with a full glass cockpit. Rockwell Collins was selected by PAF in 2017 to modernize and upgrade its C-130 fleet with Flight2 avionics suite.

did they apply this upgrade to all models of c130 in paf? or just few examples?

 

[3030]

did they apply this upgrade to all models of c130 in paf? or just few examples?

I remember the FMS deal, it included complete C-130 fleet of PAF at that point of time.

 

[Reichmarshal]

did they apply this upgrade to all models of c130 in paf? or just few examples?

Complete fleet at the time

 

[syed_yusuf]

Complete fleet at the time

So most probably these new 7 could get similar upgrade or they might have already upgraded by the previous owner

 

[3030]

So most probably these new 7 could get similar upgrade or they might have already upgraded by the previous owner

Logically these should also get the same upgrade to save on maintenance costs on one hand and enhace operational efficiency on the other.

 

[GriffinsRule]

So most probably these new 7 could get similar upgrade or they might have already upgraded by the previous owner

Already upgraded by the original operators. Lot of info on the specific thread

 

[air marshal]