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At best 2 squadrons of KAAN. FC-31 clocks in at 60m$ so probably 4 squadrons. AZM really don't know. Bulk of the air force will be comprised of JF-17 and J-10CE. Total budgeted strength of the airforce is 20 squadrons (400 aircraft) but some quarters claim the strength has been upped to 26...

There is a 3rd track/competition in Project AZM. not much is known but l suspect it will include parts of KAAN and FC-31. Interesting times ahead both for Turkey 🇹🇷 and Pakistan 🇵🇰.

The French built Mirage lll and V have completed 50 years of great service in the PAF. At it's zenith more than 120 aircraft were in PAF inventory. After Dassault closed the lll and V production lines Pakistan 🇵🇰 purchased Mirages from Australia 🇦🇺 Libya 🇱🇾 Lebanon 🇱🇧 Spain 🇪🇸 to ensure...

Pakistan 🇵🇰 Army Mushshak training aircraft

J10CP

Argentine A-4 Skyhawk

They are not being retired. PESA radar is being upgraded to AESA. The downside with this platform is it's relatively high maintenance cost. Eventually it will be converted to a EW platform possibly.

https://www.dailysabah.com/business/defense/baykar-becomes-turkiyes-leading-exporter-with-176-billion Turkeys 🇹🇷 export champion

F-86 Sabre in different livery

Retro PAF. Sea Fury

I have no information about this.

Prototype No 3

https://www.flightglobal.com/defence/pakistan-air-force-chief-indicates-planned-fc-31/j-31-acquisition/156356.article Pakistan Air Force Chief indicates that plans are afoot to induct the Chinese F-31/J-31 advanced fighter aircraft.

The F-86 Sabre was the front-line fighter-bomber of the PAF from the mid-50s until 1980. It was involved in air combat in 48,65 and 71 against superior aircraft like the Hawker-Hunter, MiG-21 and the SU-7 of the much larger IAF.

Z-10ME It is equivalent in performance to the South African Rooivalk helicopter 🚁

The AH-1 Cobra. Pakistan 🇵🇰 operates roughly 28 examples. The rest have been cannibalised to maintain 2 Squadrons. Pakistan had requested 12 Super Cobras but unfortunately were not delivered by the Trump Administration. Pakistan 🇵🇰 reverted to Turkey for 30 T-129 armed helos in a US 1B$ deal but...

Light armed reconnaissance Fennec

Skip to content Menu Menu ASEAN Search ASIAN DEFENCE JOURNAL INDUSTRY NEWS Pakistan Navy Commissions First MILGEM-Class Ship September 25, 2023 Islamabad: Commissioning ceremony of Pakistan Navy’s first MILGEM-Class ship PNS Babur was held at Istanbul Naval Shipyard, Turkiye. Turkiye’s...

The Pakistan Armed Forces has successfully conducted a flight test of the Fatah-II, an indigenous guided multi-launch rocket system (MLRS). A press release from the army’s Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) wing stated that the weapon is capable of engaging targets with high precision up to...

The NAA F-86, America’s first swept-wing jet, made her maiden flight – in the guise of the XP-86 prototype – on October 1, 1947, and the production model of the plane officially entered into U.S. Air Force operational service in 1949...