Battle Axe
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To be fair, if the 8 new F-16s pull through, then the PAF would be at 84~86 birds, not too far from 100-120, especially if more incremental orders are made.
Still far bro, this 5-6 squadron target has been brewing since 1990s and God knows when will next 24-36 birds fly in. I hope US allows us re-export buys so that we can 'rapidly' buy from other AFs around the world in span of 1-2 years. F-16 Block 10-30 would be no good after IAF begins Rafale inductions.
So you get everything from the US, but the negativity never ends.
US has provided billions of dollars worth of weapons outside of it?
Pakistan will go back for bigger orders of F-16's with cash payment as she can afford it. There should be no stopping to that..
Well, I have no grudges against US on a overall note, not a lot I mean but here with F-16s, yes there have been disappointments. It pains Pakistan to know that we did pay US in cash in 90s for F-16s that were later embargoed and for which we actually had to pay fines. That trith nullifies your suggestion that sooner or later, when we can afford to pay in cash, the Vipers will be handed over on a platter: that never actually happened to us unless US needed us too bad for its cold war thing.
And secondly, yes, US has been a huge provider of arms and aid but hey we have paid the price with our blood: from Zarb-e-Azb to previous aid during Afghan War. Nothing came without strings and further, we have been mostly sold second rate stuff: we will never be offered F-16V or Raptor or Patriots, why? Isn't that American hypocrisy?
Please don't say that these arms are risks in our hands. We have known USAF fighters to go up there with live nukes and their missiles mistakenly taking dowing commercial liners or them murdering our troops at Salala. What for was that title of major non-NATO ally bestowed upon us if all that was to follow was aid, half of our losses in a war we ggot engaged in because of US against an enemy created by the US and actually, for the US.