16th Feb Induction ceremony of thunders in No.14 Sqn

[fatman17]

https://twitter.com/x/status/832224306725847041

I think its 4 squadron plus the CCS detachment.
16
26
2
14

 

[Tipu7]

Yup

CCS Dashing, Black spiders, Panthers, Minhasians & Tail Choppers ......

I think its 4 squadron plus the CCS detachment.
16
26
2
14

 

[khanasifm]

CCS is a sqn as there are instructors plus students pilots (20 plus and support/ground staff) but number of ac are usually less than full sqn ie 8-12 , JF CCS sqn is "Dragons" , F7s sqn is "Dashing" and Mirage sqn is called Skybolt, F16s are borrowed from No 19 or 9 sqn i think so there is no CCS f16 sqn

The specially made cake (left most photo) was cut on the event; the cake is made similar to CCS patch (also worn by pilots )

 

[TOPGUN]

Outstanding news good job PAC & PAF god bless Pakistan.

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

Thanks to the Engineering staff, the project coordinators and all the verious crew who participated day and night to make current batch of Thunder release

 

[Dazzler]

@waz @Oscar

Kindly merge thread here.

https://defence.pk/threads/paf-14-s...r-jets-delivered-16-more.478321/#post-9212335

Thanks.

Congrats mate on becoming a mod.

 

[krash]

Been waiting to see the tail art. They did a pretty good job with it.

 

[ziaulislam]

With this induction PAF fleet of JF-17 raised to 70 considering 14 on each squadron.

you can clearly see thunders with marking 16-233, so atleast we have 50+33=83(-2)

 

[Inception-06]

congrat to paf

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But not all are equipped with the Aerial refueling ?

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

Would have been nice to get a nice quality HD picture of all players parked in formation and banner 2017 infront hmmm time to invest un HD camera people

 

[fatman17]

you can clearly see thunders with marking 16-233, so atleast we have 50+33=83(-2)

Military Capabilities
Pakistan inducts new JF-17 squadron
Farhan Bokhari, Islamabad - IHS Jane's Defence Weekly
16 February 2017



The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) has formally transitioned 14 Squadron into a JF-17 Thunder unit following the arrival of 16 new aircraft on 15 February.

The arrival of the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) aircraft at Minhas Air Base marked the transition of the unit from the Chinese-built F-7P air defence and ground attack aircraft and the FT-7 operational trainer variant.

To date, the PAF has taken delivery of 86 JF-17 aircraft and has stood up five squadrons on the type.

The JF-17 is a single engine fighter produced jointly by the PAC and China's Chengdu Aircraft Corporation (CAC). It has so far been equipped with a Russian RD-93 engine, although Chinese officials have urged Pakistan to consider equipping future platforms with Chinese-built engines.

you can clearly see thunders with marking 16-233, so atleast we have 50+33=83(-2)

attrition aircraft have been replaced.

 

[Hawkeye71]

Paf is gradually replacing its birds . F7P vs JF17 ..... a game changer

 

[MystryMan]

Military Capabilities
Pakistan inducts new JF-17 squadron
Farhan Bokhari, Islamabad - IHS Jane's Defence Weekly
16 February 2017



The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) has formally transitioned 14 Squadron into a JF-17 Thunder unit following the arrival of 16 new aircraft on 15 February.

The arrival of the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) aircraft at Minhas Air Base marked the transition of the unit from the Chinese-built F-7P air defence and ground attack aircraft and the FT-7 operational trainer variant.

To date, the PAF has taken delivery of 86 JF-17 aircraft and has stood up five squadrons on the type.

The JF-17 is a single engine fighter produced jointly by the PAC and China's Chengdu Aircraft Corporation (CAC). It has so far been equipped with a Russian RD-93 engine, although Chinese officials have urged Pakistan to consider equipping future platforms with Chinese-built engines.



attrition aircraft have been replaced.

Have they been assigned new serial no's or retain the serial no of crashed examples?

 

[khanasifm]

PAF ORBIT
http://www.scramble.nl/orbats/pakistan/airforce

 

[ghazi52]

Great.................