Rare Profile of PAF Block-52D

[FOOLS_NIGHTMARE]

Another picture of our beauty and enemies nightmare.

 

[Raider 21]

In the early models, only the Norwegian F-16s had the drag chutes due to the country's adverse weather conditions. The PAF F-16s always had the air-to-air refueling capability but never had the opportunity to utilize the facility until Red Flag.

Anatolian Eagle and another exercise prior to Red Flag is when they practiced A2A refueling under the instruction of 2 USAF or ANG IPs embedded for TDY with the respective squadron(s).

 

[F86 Saber]

Db-110

One more thing, one wing tip is empty!

Exactly the first thing i noticed, why is one of the sidewinders missing?

 

[Windjammer]

Exactly the first thing i noticed, why is one of the sidewinders missing?

It could be just a training round.

 

[Windjammer]

Yep.

And here is something rather interesting.

"The Pakistani air force is already operating two similar recce pods, which will now be modified with suitable datalinks to match the new ground stations. According to the U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency ex-U.S. Air Force F-16A/B fighters transferred to the Pakistani Air Force in 2008 were prepared to operate reconnaissance pods. No such capability was mentioned for the new F-16 Block 52 aircraft although it is likely that the pods will also be employed by these fighters."

https://defense-update.com/20110121_db-110_pakistan.html

Both the MLUed and the new Block-52s have compatibility with Db-110 recce pods.

 

[PakShaheen79]

Both the MLUed and the new Block-52s have compatibility with Db-110 recce pods.

Yeah ... that is so obvious. If MLUed can have this, it has to be supported certainly by Block-52s.