Alan Warnes Discloses

[TOPGUN]

Hey TG, asked Alan Warnes about your query, he told me some works called Noble and Bonds stock the Air Forces Monthly magazine but as for the book, you have to order from Key Publishings. in UK.

Thx bro there is a huge book store called barns & noble i will check it out.. i don't know about noble & bond but will look thx again

 

[Windjammer]

Thx bro there is a huge book store called barns & noble i will check it out.. i don't know about noble & bond but will look thx again

It's most likely Barns & Noble, i must have got mixed up with the names.

 

[Windjammer]

 

[fatman17]

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[Areesh]

Well Alan Warne is very much impressed with PAF.

 

[mean_bird]

cross posted from Pakdef

Alan Warne's continued obsession with the PAF is very welcome.

One thing I am concerned with in the most recent AFM is that it only refers to PAF ordering two IL 78 Tankers and not four as we originally thought.

The news section also mentioned what we already know in that two Bell 412s have recently been delivered. This means that another 18 are due for delivery.

The 14 embargoed F16A/B are due for delivery - he does not go into specifics of the delivery plan.

A further 8 JF-17s were ready for delivery by the end of April, apparently 2 a month will be produced from now on.

On the basis of the figures we have, PAF will have the following "modern" combat aircraft by the end of 2010:-

38 JF 17; 45 F16 A/B (currently in service); 4 F16C/D + potentially the further 14 F16A/B to be delivered = minimum of 87 ( maximum of 101)

By end of 2011 PAF will have:-

52 JF 17; 59 F16A/B (going through MLU); 18 F16 C/D = 129.

Considering that PAF will also have two different advanced AWACS types in service, an advanced ground based radar network, air to air refuelers, BVR, domestically produced standoff strike munitions (H2, H4, Ra'ad), probably 5-6 Spada 2000 air defence batteries and a considerable UAV capability - we will have one of the most advanced air forces in the world.

Aziz

with a slight correction that we'll have a lot more than 4 F-16 blk 52 by the end of 2010 (17 blk 52 to be precise) whose breakdown is as follows:

4 in June, 2010
4 in August, 2010
5 in October, 2010
4 in December, 2010

and one in 2011.

 

[blain2]

I had posted this in the TT forum back in Feb of 2009. Its basically a testimony at the Hill on the PAF's F-16 program. Many have seen it, those who have not may find it of benefit to understand the delivery program. One personal comment, while the Sniper is the ATP (Targeting Pod), Goodrich DB-110 is the reconnaissance pod selected for the PAF F-16s which had not been decided upon at the time of the DSCA notifications. Also the 11 add on MLU kits may be exercised now after the news that Pakistan will receive more older F-16s that we tried to purchase in the 90s:


Program Specifics
Pakistan presently operates forty-six F-16A/B aircraft. Thirty-two of these aircraft remain from the original forty aircraft that Pakistan bought in the 1980s. Since 2005, the USAF has transferred fourteen Excess Defense Article (EDA) F-16A/B aircraft to Pakistan. The current Pakistan F-16 program is composed of three Letters of Offer and Acceptance (LOAs). The first LOA providing for the production of eighteen F-16C/D Block 52 aircraft is underway: four aircraft will be ready in June 2010; four aircraft in August 2010; five aircraft in October 2010; four aircraft in Dec 2010; and, one aircraft in December 2011. It is important to note that none of the aircraft will be delivered to Pakistan until the Administration ensures that Pakistan is in compliance with the LOA security notes, and the Administration has so advised Congress.

The second LOA provides for munitions and includes: five hundred
AIM-120C-5 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM);
seven hundred and fifty Mark-84 2000 lb General Purpose bombs; seven
hundred BLU-109 2000 lb Penetrator bombs; five hundred Joint Direct Attack
Munitions (JDAM) tail kits; sixteen hundred Enhanced Guided Bomb Unit
(EGBU) kits; and assorted bomb fuzes and support equipment. These weapons will be available for delivery to Pakistan beginning in June 2010.

However, I would like to emphasize that none of these weapons will be delivered until Pakistan complies with the LOA security notes and the Administration reports compliance to Congress.

The third LOA provides for the Mid-Life Update (MLU) of their current
fleet of forty-six aircraft: four of these aircraft are in Fort Worth undergoing Trial Verification Installation, which is part of the MLU program. Under the MLU LOA, Pakistan is procuring Falcon STAR structural upgrade kits for the thirty-two original F-16A/B aircraft and thirty-five MLU avionics upgrade kits for the current fleet (including three of the recently transferred EDA aircraft). There is an option on the contract to procure eleven additional MLU avionics upgrade kits for the remaining eleven aircraft. Pakistan has not yet exercised this option, but plans to do so at a future date.

The Falcon STAR structural upgrade is very similar to that provided to
other F-16A/B customers. Falcon STAR replaces critical structural
components in the F-16 required to return the A/B airframe to a structural life
of 8,000 spectrum hours. Falcon STAR is required to keep the original thirty two PAF F-16A/Bs air worthy.
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The Pakistan MLU avionics upgrade kits are being designed to provide
the Pakistan Block 15A/B aircraft with many of the same capabilities as the
new Block 52 F-16s that the PAF is procuring. The MLU kit replaces most of
the 1980s avionics in the Block 15s with newer, advanced avionics systems
from the Block 52 F-16s. The MLU upgrade kits will include: APG-68(V)9
radar; Embedded GPS/INS (EGI); Link-16 data link; APX-113 Advanced
Identify Friend or Foe (AIFF); Color Cockpit with Color Moving Map; ALQ-
211(V)9 Advanced Integrated Defensive Electronic Warfare Suite (AIDEWS)
Pod; Night Vision Imaging System (NVIS) Cockpit and External Lighting;
Sniper Advanced Targeting Pod; Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System
(JHMCS); Reconnaissance Pod capability; improved avionics systems; JDAM
capability; EGBU capability; AIM-120 AMRAAM capability; and AGM-84
Harpoon capability. While many of the avionics systems and capabilities are common with the new Block 52s and the MLU, some significant differences remain between the MLU F-16 Block 15s and the new PAF Block 52s: there are no improvements to the Block 15s mission range and loiter time; there are no engine improvements; and, there are no improvements to payload capacity.

Overall, the MLU program will extend the service life of Pakistan’s original F-
16 aircraft and very significantly increase the capability of the Pakistan Air
Force to conduct Close Air Support and night precision attack missions. I
would like to highlight that in parallel with the significant improvement in
weapon accuracy gained by precision guided munitions like JDAM, there is the
potential to dramatically reduce collateral damage and civilian casualties.
Regarding program status, the first four MLU aircraft are undergoing
work in Fort Worth, Texas now. The USAF schedule for delivery of these
aircraft is December 2011. The delivery dates for the remaining aircraft are
being refined due to the recent stop work.

 

[Windjammer]

A Formation of four JF-17s heading out to the firing range, the nearest two each carrying a 2000lb (908kg) Mk 82 bomb, while No 3 and 4 aircraft are loaded with two 500lb (227Kg) Mk 84s.
This is one of the pictures that appears in Alan Warnes article on the PAF in the AirForces Monthly Magazine, reproduced here with kind permission of AFM @ Key Publishings.

 

[CaptainKidd]

Wao Itz beautiful bird. I like -108's paint scheme.

 

[Windjammer]

Guys, received an e-mail from Alan today, this is what he had to say regarding the new JF-17 Video and on Thunder's participation at the forth coming Farnborough Air Show.

The JF-17 video is not yet on-line coz basically I haven’t sorted it out – so busy these days. But we will have it within next few weeks as I’m writing a five page JF-17 feature in the Farnborough Program which will be on sale at Farnborough.

Kind regards

Alan

 

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[mjnaushad]

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Nice post.....

Long time windy....Where have you been...

 

[Windjammer]

Nice post.....

Long time windy....Where have you been...

Engaged in a new business set up yaar, took up all my time, but should have more breathing space now.

 

[Windjammer]