Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Pakistan Air Force, Air Chief Marshal Zaheer Ahmed Baber Sidhu is on an official visit to Turkey

[ghazi52]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1410510151438712835

 

[Titanium100]

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Rafale?

I don't think it's rafale

 

[Akh1112]

I don't think it's rafale

its a rafale patch but means nothing lol

 

[Titanium100]

its a rafale patch but means nothing lol

You sure it is rafale because PK doesn't deploy them?

 

[Akh1112]

You sure it is rafale because PK doesn't deploy them?

yea, at meets its common to exchange patches, nothing unusual.

 

[Titanium100]

yea, at meets its common to exchange patches, nothing unusual.

It must have been exchanged with Qatari pilots present there

 

[ali_raza]

don’t forget turkish guys operate huge numbers of f16 and produce them too

 

[GumNaam]

its a rafale patch but means nothing lol

not necessarily. Since PAF pilots do work for QEAF, entirely possible that they made different teams with pilots mixed across where a PAF pilot flew the rafale and Qatari pilot flew the JF17...Thunders should be easy to fly for an F16 or rafale pilot.

 

[Titanium100]

not necessarily. Since PAF pilots do work for QEAF, entirely possible that they made different teams with pilots mixed across where a PAF pilot flew the rafale and Qatari pilot flew the JF17...Thunders should be easy to fly for an F16 or rafale pilot.

Is it possible despite being different platforms don't they require training on the new platform first

 

[GumNaam]

Is it possible despite being different platforms don't they require training on the new platform first

maybe that the Qatari pilots did not fly the Thunder but the PAF and Turkish pilots did fly the rafale; both Turkey and Pakistan are hunting rafales after all while Qataris don't have a real adversary that flies the Thunder...so makes sense.

 

[Titanium100]

maybe that the Qatari pilots did not fly the Thunder but the PAF and Turkish pilots did fly the rafale; both Turkey and Pakistan are hunting rafales after all while Qataris don't have a real adversary that flies the Thunder...so makes sense.

Yes from that point of view it makes sense

 

[S A L M A N.]

Sir, you know it all too well how such previous endeavors turned out to be. Thanks to Sohail Aman for the op cleanup.
Hope this is different.

I'm really curious.
What DID happen the last time?