Pakistan Naval Aviation Inducts Ten Sea king Helicopters

[Scorpiooo]

Do we can see any more used ones coming in near future ?

 

[Imran Khan]

Do we can see any more used ones coming in near future ?

for god sake these are stop gap sir we need new choppers and we have to .

 

[Scorpiooo]

for god sake these are stop gap sir we need new choppers and we have to .

We wish new come soon as possible, but right case not seems to be in favour PN not moving above Z9s at max .. sea king seems to mirages saga for PN

 

[Imran Khan]

We wish new come soon as possible, but right case not seems to be in favour PN not moving above Z9s at max .. sea king seems to mirages saga for PN

THEY WILL SURE GOT SOME SOLUTION SIR . they are purchasing billions of $ worth surface fleet so they can buy few choppers too .

 

[Scorpiooo]

THEY WILL SURE GOT SOME SOLUTION SIR . they are purchasing billions of $ worth surface fleet so they can buy few choppers too .

Sure sir they will, but main thing is numbers so thay cant get all the news ones, they already invested tomuch in subs and surface vessels

 

[syed_yusuf]

6 plus 10 should be 16 in total then why now total in 13?

You are forgetting choppers from Uk

 

[Scorpiooo]

You are forgetting choppers from Uk

If not wrong those were 4

 

[AMG_12]

Basically now PN air arm has 13 sea king that can do anti sub and anti surface role in addition to SAR and utility transport. Few years ago it was just 6 ... A definite many fold increase in offensive punch. Plus 6 sea king for air assault. A definite good increase from zero to 6.

Do we have enough Exocet in our inventory? Would appreciate if someone could share details of our Exocet purchases from France.

 

[Ali_Baba]

The re-painting is done when the helis go in for overhaul. Why would PN take helis out of service just to re-paint them which is a cosmetic issue? Its a different case when you get new assets and you can get them in the scheme you desire. As a taxpayer, one should be happy that such cosmetic things are not done out of cycle.

camouflage is not a comestic issue - and target identification in the fog of war becomes an issue if aircraft are incorrectly shot down because they dont follow standard paint schemes of your own forces.

 

[Zibago]

president of country came to induct 10 used 38 years old donated choppers . who decide this even is plain stupid


yeah because we have 10 donated choppers lets buy a 400-500mn$ carrier . ohh bhai 4 pesy hoty to new helicopter na khareed lety ?


BTW old images of these choppers
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Mirage sey to naye hey na

 

[aziqbal]

Naval Air Arm Squadron 111 ASV / ASW sq is operating 6 x Sea Kings

2 x ASW
2 x SAR
2 x Utility

did we really purchase 10 if so how many for spares and attrition ? I doubt all 10 air frames are air worthy and I see only 4 flying here

so our total is 10 or 10 x flying + 6 spares

 

[Reichmarshal]

Naval Air Arm Squadron 111 ASV / ASW sq is operating 6 x Sea Kings

2 x ASW
2 x SAR
2 x Utility

did we really purchase 10 if so how many for spares and attrition ? I doubt all 10 air frames are air worthy and I see only 4 flying here

so our total is 10 or 10 x flying + 6 spares

the official news says that 10 were inducted.
any airframe bought for spares is not included in the list of inducted, as inducted means operationalized.

 

[Basel]

Why have the PN kept the existing colour scheme on the Qatari and UK Sea Kings? Is it down to cost?

May be it suits deployment in Baluchistan.

 

[Scorpiooo]

the official news says that 10 were inducted.
any airframe bought for spares is not included in the list of inducted, as inducted means operationalized.

May be remaining were in fixing will operationalized soon or already operational were allocated to some other naval port

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

How many Sea Kings is Pakistan Navy Flying now, I recall not long ago we procured some refurbished
Sea Kings from UK

Estimate Count ?

Wiki Indicating count figures close to 19 Existing Units

• 2017 UK gives Pakistan : 7 Units (Possibly this is already counted in above figures)

• 2022 Qatar gives Pakistan : 10 Units

Info from Source:

PN Sea King fleet swells - Asian Military Review

During late 2017 the Pakistan Navy (PN) took on three former United Kingdom (UK) military Sea Kings from the UK Ministry of Defence.

www.asianmilitaryreview.com

• The ex-UK Sea Kings supplement the six veteran Westland SeaKing Mk45s, acquired in the early 1970s and operated by the PN’s 111 Squadron

Engineering has done well to keep these machines running would be nice to acquire 10-12 more units & Spares