Black Panthers ready to pounce

[Windjammer]

Check out the serial numbers of PAF No-16 unit ''Black Panthers''.

 

[Windjammer]

 

[Signalian]

Check out the serial numbers of PAF No-16 unit ''Black Panthers''.

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AAM's for aesthetic purpose could be carried atleast

 

[war&peace]

Sir do you have zoomed pic of the rudder / tail?

 

[Tipu7]

Check out the serial numbers of PAF No-16 unit ''Black Panthers''.

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15-201, 15-207, 15-209, 15-211

All Four Units are Block 2 and were produced in year 2015 ...............

@Windjammer look like we are adding Block 2s to already raised squadrons.

 

[war&peace]

later these block II's will be updated to block III and then we will have a great punch

 

[Windjammer]

15-201, 15-207, 15-209, 15-211

All Four Units are Block 2 and were produced in year 2015 ...............

@Windjammer look like we are adding Block 2s to already raised squadrons.

Exactly, and the squadron's original aircraft were passed onto other units.

 

[araz]

Exactly, and the squadron's original aircraft were passed onto other units.

Windy is this normal practice? Is it so that the most experienced units have the most newest and updated planes to make the best out of?
A

 

[Windjammer]

Windy is this normal practice? Is it so that the most experienced units have the most newest and updated planes to make the best out of?
A

I doubt that is the practice else No 14 would have converted first.
I think once the JF-17 got mated with the likes of c-802, it was passed onto NO-2 for sea trials.
@Oscar

 

[SQ8]

AAM's for aesthetic purpose could be carried atleast

The PAF is not in the business of aestheics.

I doubt that is the practice else No 14 would have converted first.
I think once the JF-17 got mated with the likes of c-802, it was passed onto NO-2 for sea trials.
@Oscar

Windy is this normal practice? Is it so that the most experienced units have the most newest and updated planes to make the best out of?
A

Black Panthers are the tacitcs and operational evaluation squardron along with the Spiders. Hence, they are also the most experienced in operating the JF-17 which is why any operational evaluationa and tactics that need to be developed for the block-II's enhanced system is left to them.

 

[Signalian]

The PAF is not in the business of aestheics.

I know.
If not self defence then aesthetics would have sufficed.

 

[SQ8]

I know.
If not self defence then aesthetics would have sufficed.

For what? everytime you take a missle out of storage, you are using up its life while its in the air and exposed to the environments.

 

[Signalian]

For what?

already mentioned it.

 

[shah1398]

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Had the pleasure to come across both the Pilots in first two pics...Boy the are so humble on the ground while totally opposite in air...Thats what their SPs used to say about them . Nonetheless found them both daring Pilots yet thorough gentlemen

 

[Naif al Hilali]

AAM's for aesthetic purpose could be carried atleast

"Missile captive carry monitoring using a capacitive MEMS accelerometer
Article in Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering 7650 · March 2010 with 10 ReadsDOI: 10.1117/12.846005

Abstract
Military missiles are exposed to many sources of mechanical vibration that can affect system reliability, safety, and mission effectiveness. One of the most significant exposures to vibration occurs when the missile is being carried by an aviation platform, which is a condition known as captive carry. If the duration of captive carry exposure could be recorded during the missile's service life, several advantages could be realized. Missiles that have been exposed to durations outside the design envelop could be flagged or screened for maintenance or inspection; lightly exposed missiles could be selected for critical mission applications; and missile allocation to missions could be based on prior use to avoid overuse. The U. S. Army Aviation and Missile Research Development and Engineering Center (AMRDEC) has been developing health monitoring systems to assess and improve reliability of missiles during storage and field exposures. Under the direction of AMRDEC staff, engineers at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have developed a Captive Carry Health Monitor (CCHM) for the HELLFIRE II missile. The CCHM is an embedded usage monitoring device installed on the outer skin of the HELLFIRE II missile to record the cumulative hours the host missile has been in captive carry mode and thereby assess the overall health of the missile. This paper provides an overview of the CCHM electrical and package design, describes field testing and data analysis techniques used to identify captive carry, and discusses the potential application of missile health and usage data for real-time reliability analysis and fleet management."