China rolls out AWACS aircrafts for Pakistan Air Force

[Rafael]

ARY digital reporting that Chinese Awacs has been inducted in PAF!


Any links guys??

 

[Areesh]

Well it's on different news channels. I watched it on Express news channel. Looks true.

 

[air marshal]

China handed over 4AWACS to Pakistan.

 

[Comet]

Just read it on Dunya News.
Why all 4 together?

 

[wangrong]

pics please

 

[Rafael]

4 ZDK 03 Awacs handed over to PAF.

 

[razgriz19]

whoa that was a surprise!
any valid link?
i tried but couldn't find anything...

 

[air marshal]

Four Chinese Shaanxi ZDK-03 AEW&C for Pakistan

 

[Arsalan]

hi friends,
just heared the news on TV myself,
Rao Qammer Suleman stating that the chinese AWE&C has been formally inducted into PAF fleet.
he stated that this will further strengthen the PAF fleet and relations between the two brother nation..

nothing is available on net as yet.

more news/info to follow, keep searching!!

 

[sohailbarki]

i watch it on GEO they say "First chinese awacs for PAF roll out".... Didnt say anything about number of AWACS....

 

[Arsalan]

i was hopeing that the Zuhai airshow will indeed bring something big for PAF and the entire nation,
it could have been FC-20 debut, JFT export orders and now it seems that it is PAF KJ-200 that will steal the show!!!

Congratulations to all!!

 

[Arsalan]

just to refresh memories:

Friday, May 7, 2010
Pakistan has received its second Erieye radar-equipped Saab 2000, and will also accept its first Shaanxi ZDK-03 airborne early warning and control system aircraft before year-end.


Islamabad has four ZDK-03s on order, with deliveries due to start later this year, say air force sources. The type is a new variant of the Shaanxi Y8 AEW&C aircraft designed specifically for Pakistan.


The Chinese aircraft is powered by four turboprop engines and has a greater range than offered by the Saab Microwave Systems Erieye, the sources say.The air force recently received its second Saab 2000 surveillance aircraft, and anticipates that it will receive its remaining two in the second and third quarters of this year.


Pakistan's move to source AEW&C aircraft from both China and the West is indicative of its strategy to refrain from being overly reliant on any one ally. The USA imposed military sanctions against Pakistan from 1990 to 2005 in response to its testing nuclear weapons.


The air force's current fleet includes Lockheed Martin F-16s, Dassault Mirage III and 5 fighters, Chengdu F-7s and JF-17s; a new type developed jointly by China and Pakistan.In terms of military transports, Pakistan flies Lockheed C-130s, but also operates Ilyushin Il-78 tankers.

 

[Desert Fox]

which one are we getting: ZDK-03 or KJ-200?

 

[mourning sage]

which one are we getting: ZDK-03 or KJ-200?

which one is better??

 

[PurpleButcher]

its zdk-03