Pakistan Air Force "Red Flag" 2016 Exclusive

Furqan Sarwar · Aug 27, 2016

@Stealth great thread bro. Lovely pics as well.

fatman17 · Aug 28, 2016

Mir Shahzain said:
@Stealth Has Pakistan ever tried to acquire Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker for its F-16 inflight refueling ??? because F-16 is backbone of PAF and we have in flight refueling facility for Mirag and JF-17 but not for F-16's

We requested but denied.

TOPGUN · Aug 29, 2016

fatman17 said:
We requested but denied.

What is the reason that we go denied ?

Mo12 · Aug 29, 2016

Wow... by the sounds of this forum, it looked like Pakistan hated USA. Didnt expect to see this.

Ultima Thule · Aug 29, 2016

Viper0011. said:
They tried to acquire the older KC's. Then, they bought the Russian one's as their JFT and Mirages would combine become a force three times that of the F-16's. So it made sense to have refueling options for 70% of your aircrafts than just the F-16's.

Plus due to China / Russia focus, other aircraft you'd acquire, would also use the same refueling options as JFT does. So it made sense to get the Il-78 tankers. But the discussions were on the table for one or two older KC's.

I'd imagine if the PAF bought 18-36 more new or used F-16's ever, a couple of used KC's would also become a reality.

i think PAF should try MRTT-310

untitled · Aug 29, 2016

fatman17 said:
We requested but denied.

TOPGUN said:
What is the reason that we go denied ?

Probably because we might use them to refuel aircraft carrying nuclear weapons thus increasing their range :laughcry:

krash · Aug 30, 2016

TOPGUN said:
What is the reason that we go denied ?

We weren't on very good terms, the Pressler Amendment had just kicked in. It was requested along with the 16s that never came. At least that's what I've read.

Windjammer · Aug 31, 2016

Red flag 16/4 saw the participation of Advance F-16 variants, Desert Falcon, Indus Viper & Sufa in the same exercise for the first time.

4GTejasBVR · Aug 31, 2016

Nice... No jf17?

Windjammer · Aug 31, 2016

US & PAF F-16s preparing to be launched for the night time missions during Red Flag.

ACE OF THE AIR · Aug 31, 2016

pakistanipower said:
i think PAF should try MRTT-310

PAF looked into this but A-310 MRTT were out of production. A-330 MRTT were offered but PAF declined as being too expensive.

Windjammer · Aug 31, 2016

With JHMCS deployed, the PAF pilots were involved in some high octane air combat and tactics during Red Flag.

DavidSling · Aug 31, 2016

Ultima Thule · Aug 31, 2016

ACE OF THE AIR said:
PAF looked into this but A-310 MRTT were out of production. A-330 MRTT were offered but PAF declined as being too expensive.

not new purchase but conversion from PIA fleet, i think its a better option

Windjammer · Aug 31, 2016

4GTejasBVR said:
Nice... No jf17?

So far the JF-17 has been pitched against the likes of F-16, F/A 18, F-15, SU-27, Mirage-2000 and other numerical fighters.
What about your Tejas, has it left it's trailer yet. !!!

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