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PAKISTAN AIR FORCE
PAF |
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Pakistan Air Force PAF has the reputation of having worlds best pilots
every time PAF is engaged in combat it has created history and has
never let the country down even though the enemy was much stronger in
number every time. PAF is no doubt one of the worlds best air force
but from few years it was having problems about the aging inventory of
Mirages and Migs
(Mig 19 also known as F-6 and Mig 21 also known as
F-7). Now some good steps have been
taken to over come this problem. F-6 were taken out of the inventory
of PAF and new F-7pg
with advanced avionics were introduced after the year 2k.
Mirage III were
upgraded by Sagem to meet the challenging requirement of PAF. Now
Pakistan government is looking foreword for the new Fighter aircraft
Super-7 (FC-1 or JF-17)
which is the joint venture of Sino-Pak. PAF has also contacted Belgium
Air Force to buy up to 2 squadrons of used
F-16s, as US has repeatedly blocked
the sale of new ones. |
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PAF INVENTORY
As on 2003 |
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PAF will also receive 150-200 Super-7, and might get up to 2
squadrons of F-16 from Belgium and have 6 C-130 in process which will
be acquired from Lockheed martin USA, these are not included in the
inventory.
This information is collected from scattered places and might
not be exact. |
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PAF BASES |
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MAJOR OPERATING
AIR BASES (MOB) |
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These bases are fully functional
and support the air force in both peace and wartime.
1. PAF Chaklala, Rawalpindi
2. PAF Kamra, Kamra
3. PAF Masroor, Karachi
4. PAF Mianwali, Mianwali
5. PAF Peshawar, Peshawar
6. PAF Rafiqui, Sharkot
7. PAF Risalpur, Risalpur
8. PAF Samungli, Quetta
9. PAF Sargodha, Sargodha
10. PAF Shahra-e-Faisal,
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FOREWORD
OPERATIONAL AIR BASES |
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These bases become fully
operational during wartime.
1. PAF Lahore, Lahore
2. PAF Mirpurkhas, Mirpurkhas
3. PAF Multan, Multan
4. PAF Murid, Murid
5. PAF Nawabshah, Nawabshah
6. PAF Pasni, Pasni
7. PAF Risalewala, Faisalabad
8. PAF Shahbaz, Jacobabad
9. PAF Sukkhar, Sukkhar
10. PAF Talhar, Talhar
11. PAF Vehari, Vehari |
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ADVANCE ATTACK BASES |
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These bases are of minimal use.
They are only used in war.
1. PAF Bhagtanwala, Bhagtanwala
2. PAF Chander, Chander
3. PAF Chuk Jhumra, Chuk
Jhumra
4. PAF Gwadar, Gwadar
5. PAF Kohat, Kohat
6. PAF Ormara, Ormara
7. PAF Rahim Yar Khan, Rahim
Yar Khan
8. PAF Rajanpur, Rajanpur
9. PAF Sindhri, Sindhri |
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Note: During war Pakistan Motorway M2 (a 340
km Speed way) can also be used as runway it links Lahore to
Rawalpindi, reports in newspapers have shown that landing and takeoff
practices by PAF planes have been made on this road. |
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