Pakistan Army Aviation Corps - Updated

[fatman17]

In the ongoing operation against foreign and local militants in Waziristan, the Pakistan military has suffered a tragic loss. It is doubly tragic because it has gone unreported and unremarked in the media. Last month, a helicopter gunship of the Pak military made its way to targets in Waziristan and received the coordinates for its strike just before arriving at the target. This is Standard Operating Procedure, coordinates are given out at the nth hour to preserve secrecy and security. As the pilot came into view of his target, he radioed back that there appeared to be a mistake in identifying the target. "There's a mosque, madrassah, women and children here" the pilot radioed back, as he hovered over the area. He then turned in an arch to fly out of the area. Just as he was being radioed back a message that this indeed was the target, a group of bearded men emerged from within the mosque and from behind the human shields of the assembled women and children, and shot Rocket Propelled Grenades at the heli and brought it down. The pilot and his co-pilot were both killed.

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Obviously, Najam took this photo from his page as the context and picture didnot matched, so he put it here to clear his doubts.

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the heading says it all.

 

[Windjammer]

 

[Nishan_101]

Wish to see all the upgraded Cobras along with INDIAN borders from North to South and 30 Z-10Ps Block-I in near future. Ameen.

 

[valkyr_96]

does anyone have a pic/video of the rocket pods being used?....its always TOW/Bakthar Shikan

 

[fatman17]

Police commandoes being trained in aerial surveillance

Shakeel Anjum

Friday, November 02, 2012

Islamabad



The Islamabad Police have acquired two choppers for aerial surveillance to effectively counter terrorism and heinous crimes in the metropolis.



The authorities have decided to give aerial surveillance training to police officers on army technique. The training of police officers started on Thursday at the Police Line Headquarters.



As many as 30 commandoes of the Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) of Islamabad Police are being trained in aerial surveillance to curb terror activities and to dismount on the hideouts of criminals from helicopters, the police spokesman said.



In this regard, a demonstration was held at the Police Line Headquarters. IGP (Islamabad) Bani-Amin Khan, DIG (Headquarters) Dr. Sultan Azam Temuri, AIG (Operations) Tahir Alam Khan, AIG (Special Branch) Waqar Chohan, SSP (Headquarters) Muhammad Yousuf Malik, SSP (Islamabad) Yasin Farooq, SSP (Traffic) Dr. Moeen Masood, SSP (Security) Mir Vais Niaz, all zonal SPs, SDPOs and SHOs were present on the occasion.



As many as 30 commandoes presented a demonstration on mounting, dismounting and repelling on helicopters. The aim of the training is to curb activities of terrorists and approach the crime scene without failure. Besides this, the surveillance of criminals and terrorists and safety of citizens and their properties would be made possible.



IGP (Islamabad) Bani-Amin Khan and other senior police officers



appreciated the performance of Islamabad Police. The IGP also awarded shields to the officers and commandoes of Islamabad Police who are getting trained in aerial surveillance and monitoring of terrorists and criminals.


NI

do we know the type of Helos?

 

[Jango]

Isl police acquiring helicopters? Did we miss that news? Or was it just a plain transfer of some helos from MoI to Police?

My bet would be either the UH-1H operated out of Isl Heliport, or the AW139 that were bought for SAR and VIP duties. Pilots might still be of PA and also the technicians. Only the commandos might be trained in repelling and other techniques.

BTW, would be interesting to know what surveillance techniques PA uses. I had a chat with the pilot of a heli circling Lal Masjid during the operation, and his narrative was a bit shocking TBH.

 

[Najam Khan]

Isl police acquiring helicopters? Did we miss that news? Or was it just a plain transfer of some helos from MoI to Police?

My bet would be either the UH-1H operated out of Isl Heliport, or the AW139 that were bought for SAR and VIP duties. Pilots might still be of PA and also the technicians. Only the commandos might be trained in repelling and other techniques.

They use AW139 for SAR as well? And exactly how many of them PA/GoP procured?

 

[Jango]

They use AW139 for SAR as well? And exactly how many of them PA/GoP procured?

5 were bought, 2 for VIP duties and 3 for SAR.

Serial numbers start from six-050 to six-054. All the helis were reportedly delivered by Oct 2009.

Six in the serial number denotes 6 Aviation Squadron based at Isl Heliport (SAR/disaster relief squadron)

 

[Najam Khan]

5 were bought, 2 for VIP duties and 3 for SAR.

Serial numbers start from six-050 to six-054. All the helis were reportedly delivered by Oct 2009.

Six in the serial number denotes 6 Aviation Squadron based at Isl Heliport (SAR/disaster relief squadron)

And here are some photos of Six-050 enroute to GHQ.

 

[Jango]

Most photos are of 050 and 052,with 052 featuring mostly in SAR duties. Maybe then 050 and 051 are for VIP (VIP versions were the ones first delivered).

But here is one of Six-054

Picture courtesy Historyofpia.com

 

[Inception-06]

For the price of this 6 AgustaWestland AW139 Pakistan could had buy Bell 12 UH-1 as we have the infrastructure and spare parts of the Bell UH-1 series in our sortiment.........I cant understand this decision !

 

[Fieldmarshal]

For the price of this 6 AgustaWestland AW139 Pakistan could had buy Bell 12 UH-1 as we have the infrastructure and spare parts of the Bell UH-1 series in our sortiment.........I cant understand this decision !

why would they want UH 1 its ancient and no is manufacturing spares for it no more. if we want we can have them for free as thousands are parked in the junkyards all over america.

 

[Dr. Strangelove]

For the price of this 6 AgustaWestland AW139 Pakistan could had buy Bell 12 UH-1 as we have the infrastructure and spare parts of the Bell UH-1 series in our sortiment.........I cant understand this decision !

they are nothing more than junk
they are history now

 

[Edevelop]

There is so much confusion out there. Will Pakistan go for WZ-10 or T-129? or both?

 

[Najam Khan]

Most photos are of 050 and 052,with 052 featuring mostly in SAR duties. Maybe then 050 and 051 are for VIP (VIP versions were the ones first delivered).
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Some Serials of these heliz
C/N ID In this Organisation
31248 SIX-050: Pakistan ERC d/d May09
31249 SIX-051: Pakistan ERC d/d Oct09
31258 SIX-052: Pakistan ERC d/d Aug09
31261 SIX-053: Pakistan ERC d/d Aug09
31263 SIX-054: Pakistan ERC d/d Sep09