List of active Pakistan Air Force aircraft
List of active Pakistan Air Force aircraft is a list of aircraft currently in active service with the Pakistan Air Force.
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Active aircraft
Type | Origin | Class | Role | Introduced | In service | Total | - |
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Combat Aircraft | |||||||
General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon | ![]() |
Jet | Multirole | 1983 | 75 | 85[1] | F-16AM Block 15 (27)
F-16BM Block 15 (17) F-16A Block 15ADF (9) F-16B Block 15ADF (4) F-16C Block 52+ (12) F-16D Block 52+ (6) |
CAC/PAC JF-17 Thunder | ![]() ![]() |
Jet | Multirole | 2007 | 135 | 138[2] | JF-17A Block 1 (50)
JF-17A Block 2 (62) JF-17B Block 2 (26) JF-17A Block 3 (50) (on order) |
Dassault Mirage III | ![]() |
Jet | Multirole | 1968 | 56 | 135 | Several variants, typically with extensive upgrades.[3][4] All Mirage IIIs are planned to be replaced by JF-17s by 2030. |
Dassault Mirage 5 | ![]() |
Jet | Attack, Reconnaissance | 1970 | 69 | 139 | Several variants, typically with extensive upgrades.[3][4] All Mirage 5s are planned to be replaced by JF-17s by 2030. |
Chengdu F-7P/PG | ![]() |
Jet | Interceptor | 1988 | 60 | 180 | F7P/PG. All F-7Ps/PGs are planned to be replaced by JF-17s by 2025. |
Trainer Aircraft | |||||||
Hongdu K-8 Karakorum | ![]() |
Jet | Intermediate Jet Trainer | 1994 | 60 | 60 | K-8 (12)
K-8P (48) |
Cessna T-37 Tweet | ![]() |
Jet | Basic Jet Trainer | 1962 | 69 | 73 | T-37B/C. 20 refurbished ex-USAF T-37 delivered by end of 2008 to replace older T-37 or provide parts.[5] T-37 to be eventually replaced with K-8P. On 28 October 2015, the Turkish Air Force transferred 34 T-37Cs to the PAF, including spares. |
PAC MFI-17 Mushshak | ![]() |
Propeller | Primary Trainer | 1974 | 145 | 151 | MFI-17 Mushshak (115)
Super Mushshak (30) Some MFI-17 Mushshaks to be upgraded to Super Mushshak standard.[6] |
Aerial Refueling Aircraft | |||||||
Ilyushin Il-78 | ![]() |
Jet | Strategic Airlift Transporter/Aerial Refueler | 2009 | 4 | 4 | Il-78MP. Dual-role aerial refeulers and freighters. Ex-Ukrainian Air Force.[7][8][9][10] |
Transport Aircraft | |||||||
Lockheed C-130 Hercules | ![]() |
Propeller | Tactical Airlift Transporter | 1963 | 18 | C-130B (5)
C-130E (7) C-130H (6) | |
Saab 2000 | ![]() |
Propeller | Transport, Training | 2008 | 4 | 4 | Will also be used to train aircrew for the Saab 2000 Erieye AEW&C. Delivered in December 2008. |
CASA CN-235 | ![]() |
Propeller | Transport | 2004 | 4 | 4 | CN-235-220. 3 medium lift transporters. 1 VIP transporter.[11] |
Harbin Y-12 | ![]() |
Propeller | Utility | 1980s | 2 | 2 | Y-12II |
Beechcraft C-12 Huron | ![]() |
Propeller | Utility, Training | 1 | 1 | ||
Boeing 707 | ![]() |
Jet | VIP Transport | 1986 | 2 | 3 | 707-320. Two transferred from PIA in 1986. A third aircraft in VIP transport configuration delivered in 1987.[12] One aircraft sold to a private individual in 2008.[13] |
Airbus A310 | ![]() |
Jet | VIP Transport | 2009 | 1 | 1 | A310-300. Previously operated by Pakistan International Airlines.[14] |
Cessna Citation V | ![]() |
Jet | VIP Transport | 1 | 1 | [15] | |
Gulfstream IV | ![]() |
Jet | VIP Transport | 2004 | 4 | 4 | |
Embraer Phenom Phenom 100 |
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Jet | VIP Transport | 2009 | 4 | 4 | [16][17][18] |
Airborne Early Warning & Control Aircraft | |||||||
Saab 2000 Erieye | ![]() |
Propeller | AEW&C | 2011 | 7[19] | 8 | Three aircraft were damaged after Minhas airbase attack, of which two aircraft were repaired at PAC.Three more aircraft delivered in 2019. One aircraft lost till date.[20][21] |
Shaanxi ZDK-03 | ![]() |
Propeller | AEW&C | 2011 | 4 | 4 | Y-8F600. Locally designated as Karakoram Eagle, last two were delivered in 2013.[22] |
Electronic Warfare Aircraft | |||||||
Dassault Falcon 20 | ![]() |
Jet | ESM, ECM | 1986 | 3 | 3 | DA-20. |
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles | |||||||
CAIG Wing Loong II | ![]() |
UCAV, UAV | Reconnaissance, Strike | 2020 | 50 | 50 | [23] |
Burraq | ![]() |
UCAV, UAV | Reconnaissance, Strike | 2014 | 13 | 13 | Inducted in November 2014. Around 13 examples are visible in a picture. Used jointly with Pakistan Army.[24] |
CASC CH-4 | ![]() |
UCAV, UAV | Reconnaissance, Strike | 1999 | 5 | 5 | Some are older CH-3 drones upgraded to CH-4.[25] |
SATUMA Jasoos II (Bravo+) | ![]() |
UAV | Reconnaissance, Training | 2010 | 46 | 46 | Primary work horse for UAV Operations and Training Program.[26] |
SELEX Galileo Falco | ![]() ![]() |
UAV | Surveillance | 2010 | 26 | 26 | Co-manufacture at the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex began in August 2010.[27] |
GIDS Shahpar | ![]() |
UAV | Surveillance | 2020 | 6 | 6 | Currently in production.[28] |
Helicopters | |||||||
Mil Mi-17 | ![]() |
Helicopter | Transport, Utility | 2010 | 40 | [29][30] | |
AgustaWestland AW139 | ![]() |
Helicopter | SAR, Utility | 2018 | 14 | AW139M[31][32] |
References
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- "Pakistan Air Force CAS Outlines Next Procurement Steps". 26 May 2019.
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- ASN Aviation Safety Database results. aviation-safety.net
- Govindasamy, Siva (21 August 2008). "Pakistan to receive more T-37 trainers". Flight International. flightglobal.com. Retrieved 10 July 2010.
- air force | combat aircraft | super lynx | 2004 | 09–2371 | Flight Archive. Flightglobal.com (2004-11-22). Retrieved on 2012-07-01.
- Parsons, Gary (21 December 2009). "Pakistan's Midas touch". Keypublishing. Archived from the original on 11 January 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
- Pakistan Receiving IL-78 Refueling aircraft. Defenseindustrydaily.com (2008-12-08). Retrieved on 2012-07-01.
- PAF to Acquire Ilyushin Il-78 aircraft by 2010 | Aviation & Air Force News at DefenceTalk. Defencetalk.com (2009-08-11). Retrieved on 2012-07-01.
- DIRGANTARA delivers CN-235 VIP Aircraft to Pakistan Air Force. indonesian-aerospace.com (2005-06-07).
- 1986 | 3217 | Flight Archive. Flightglobal.com (1986-11-29). Retrieved on 2012-07-01.
- "PAF VVIP Boeing 707 aircraft sold for Rs 8.4 million". Pakistan Today. 1 September 2013. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
- Gulf Times – Qatar’s top-selling English daily newspaper – Pakistan/Afghanistan Archived 8 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Gulf-times.com (2009-12-26). Retrieved on 2012-07-01.
- bell | cessna | lockheed jetstar | 2004 | 09–2372 | Flight Archive. Flightglobal.com (2004-11-22). Retrieved on 2012-07-01.
- Embraer Delivers Phenom 100 To Pakistan's Air Force. aero-news.net (2009-03-26).
- "Embraer makes first foray into Pakistan", Flight International, date published: 31 March 2009
- "Pakistan air force receives first Phenom 100 very light jet". Flightglobal.com (2009-03-26). Retrieved on 2012-07-01.
- "Pakistan Air Force Takes Delivery of 3 Saab 2000 Aircraft". 14 April 2019.
- David Donald (2008-07-14). Saab 2000 AEW&C prepares for duty. ainonline.com
- Warnes, Alan (19 May 2017). "Pakistan to get more Erieyes". Air Forces Monthly. Archived from the original on 20 May 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
- Bokhari, Farhan (31 July 2013). "Interview: Air Chief Marshal Tahir Rafique Butt, Chief Of The Air Staff, Pakistan Air Force". Jane's Defence Weekly: 34.
- https://www.techjuice.pk/china-to-supply-50-drones-to-pakistan-for-defence-purposes/
- Bokhari, Farhan; Hardy, James (12 March 2015). "Pakistan successfully fires missile from indigenous UAV". Jane's Defence Weekly. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
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- Tactical Range UAV – Jasoos II (Bravo+) Archived 10 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Satuma.com.pk. Retrieved on 2012-07-01.
- Pakistan to begin co-production of Falco UAV. Flightglobal.com (2009-08-26). Retrieved on 2012-07-01.
- "IDEX: Explosion of UAVs at Exhibit". Defense News. 19 February 2013. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
- https://web.archive.org/web/20080725130620/http://www.dawn.com/2008/03/18/local16.htm. Archived from the original on 25 July 2008. Retrieved 14 October 2009. Missing or empty
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(help) - Pakistan Air Force Equipment. Globalsecurity.org. Retrieved on 2012-07-01.
- Air Forces Monthly, Issue 362, May 2018, page 28
- "Pakistan air force updates". quwa.org. 17 December 2018. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
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