TaimiKhan
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Brother I once had a similar query and this is the reply I got from Taimi.
I hope this will help, but I'm still not sure about the rest of the older Chinese planes we have in service like the F-7PG & A-5Phantan.
Thanks for referring the previous post of mine, just to elaborate further here are some pics of the PAF aircraft showing their communication antenna. You will find they are all same in make, even JF-17 has such antenna and seen it on some of the new C-130s too, making it credible that PAF is looking into making all the PAF aircraft compatible in communication field. As for A-5, well no need for it to be upgraded as its days are numbered, in most probably a year or so, it won't be flying anymore.
Here are the pics of some of the aircraft, do check out the JF-17 pic and if possible find a FC-1 prototype# 6 pic and see its antenna is changed compared to the earlier models and JF-17, it has a Chinese one. So even in JF-17 prototypes we were using Western communication equipment.
An overhauled F-7P
The label below the picture says it all and mind you these mirages went for Bright Start Exercise in 2009, where there must be AWAC deployed and used as it was a multiple nation exercise and AWAC environment is must, making Mirages of PAF work under a data link environment.
Another Mirage of PAF
The recently first prototype Mirage with IFR, see the antenna above.
So now check the JF-17 pic by yourself, but i do hope all of you remember well what antenna it has and if possible the new C-130 picture.