World Exclusive: F-16 Block-52 Flying With J-10C

[siegecrossbow]

PAF's confidence in both it's own abilities and the J-10s reliability is phenomenal.
The Six aircraft that it has recieved so far are being put through their paces almost daily. OTOH, IAF which has at least 24 Rafales on strength now, well apart from their Republic Day flypast, you seldom see anything more than a single Rafale operating

Will they be available for the next Shaheen or Anatolian Eagles?

 

[Windjammer]

Will they be available for the next Shaheen or Anatolian Eagles?

I don't see any reason why not.
Remember these new birds are not just doing a simple flypast.
Reportedly some of the senior pilots were sent to tame the Dragons.

 

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

Once J-10CP reaches 50 units they can retire the earlier F-16 A/B in PAF.

 

[White privilege]

J-10C should've had wingtip pylons.

Delta hater aka eFF sola mafia spotted.

 

[musaji]

Once J-10CP reaches 50 units they can retire the earlier F-16 A/B in PAF.

If PAF is still holding onto 50 year old mirages, what makes you think, f-16 will retire anytime soon?

 

[TheSolution]

Once J-10CP reaches 50 units they can retire the earlier F-16 A/B in PAF.

No need

 

[Ali_Baba]

Once J-10CP reaches 50 units they can retire the earlier F-16 A/B in PAF.

Lol - NO - they will keep flying until they are 50 years old - just look at how old the Mirages are now and how old they will be when they get rid of them eventually..

 

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

Lol - NO - they will keep flying until they are 50 years old - just look at how old the Mirages are now and how old they will be when they get rid of them eventually..

Mirages underwent ROSE. Not gonna happen with F-16. F-16 A/B will be retired soon.

 

[Windjammer]

 

[kursed]

Let's not get ahead of ourselves. The Rafale with RBE2 would be able to to go toe-to-toe with the J-10C in the air-to-air regime while boasting greater payload capacity and a greater # of hardpoints. The upgraded Su-30MKI with AESA radars would be more than sufficient to handle the rest, including the Block IIIs.

The J-10C is indeed a significant upgrade for the PAF but keep in mind that the IAF has already been training and DACT-ing with a J-10C-class fighter - namely the Rafale - since summer of 2020. This is not to dismiss the fact that there are more Rafales in India than there are J-10Cs in Pakistan.

PAF unlike IAF enjoys the luxury of concentrating its front line assets against one enemy. IAF needs to not only bifurcate assets between two hostile air forces, it needs to simultaneously cater to a feverishly upgraded PAF and a PLAAF that’s doubling its presence right across the border.

And PLAAF isn’t just stationing fighter aircraft vs IAF but has actively put forward strategic bombers as well.

Whatever number of Rafale IAF has, it’ll never utilize them all against Pak in a go.

And once PAF starts the MLU program for JF-17B2, within the decade with upgraded mission computers, AESA radar and WS-13 (to find commonality with upcoming engine upgrade on JF-17B3) - the situation just becomes even more untenable.

 

[帅的一匹]

PAF unlike IAF enjoys the luxury of concentrating its front line assets against one enemy. IAF needs to not only bifurcate assets between two hostile air forces, it needs to simultaneously cater to a feverishly upgraded PAF and a PLAAF that’s doubling its presence right across the border.

And PLAAF isn’t just stationing fighter aircraft vs IAF but has actively put forward strategic bombers as well.

Whatever number of Rafale IAF has, it’ll never utilize them all against Pak in a go.

And once PAF starts the MLU program for JF-17B2, within the decade with upgraded mission computers, AESA radar and WS-13 (to find commonality with upcoming engine upgrade on JF-17B3) - the situation just becomes even more untenable.

I think you mean WS19

 

[Bilal Khan (Quwa)]

PAF unlike IAF enjoys the luxury of concentrating its front line assets against one enemy. IAF needs to not only bifurcate assets between two hostile air forces, it needs to simultaneously cater to a feverishly upgraded PAF and a PLAAF that’s doubling its presence right across the border.

And PLAAF isn’t just stationing fighter aircraft vs IAF but has actively put forward strategic bombers as well.

Whatever number of Rafale IAF has, it’ll never utilize them all against Pak in a go.

And once PAF starts the MLU program for JF-17B2, within the decade with upgraded mission computers, AESA radar and WS-13 (to find commonality with upcoming engine upgrade on JF-17B3) - the situation just becomes even more untenable.

I think the PAF could hitch the jet-based UCAV train pretty early too. China and Turkey are developing their respective solutions on one end, but I still think there's room for a small (ALCM-size) concept too. The latter is something we might develop indigenously.

 

[The Terminator]

I hope we could at least run the Block-52s through the F-16V upgrade. Imagine a world where only the PAF would know "what's up" with both the cutting-edge US and Chinese gear. Too bad we didn't pick up Leonardo's Grifo-E for the JF-17 Block-3 because that would've given us the 'trifecta' of US, Chinese, and European AESA radar tech under roof.

Turks have European tech too. Don't worry we would have them eventually

 

[Muhammad Saftain Anjum]

I think the PAF could hitch the jet-based UCAV train pretty early too. China and Turkey are developing their respective solutions on one end, but I still think there's room for a small (ALCM-size) concept too. The latter is something we might develop indigenously.

Ghatak Type UCAV should be indeginous otherwise no use of R&D in UAV field.
S-70 type UCAV should be imported from China.

 

[The Terminator]

So the blocky F-16C/D block 52 is clearly been defeated by the J-10C in the beauty competition. Let's pitch older F-16s which aren't CFT capable to pitch against the adorable dragons and see who wins the beauty contest then