Minhas Air Base

[Gryphon]

Alan Warnes recently visited Pakistan Air Force Base Minhas.

AirForces Monthly - August 2014
Pages: 76—77


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[mymeaningislion]

@Alan Warners......shahzada.....

 

[elitepilot09]

@Alan Warners......shahzada.....

Omg. This is absolutely huge! Great piece of journalism too!

 

[abdulrauf akhtar]

Mighty Minhas !

 

[shaheenmissile]

10040 pictured second time since terrorists attacks. Where are other eriye?

 

[Awaragard]

Cha gya hai!!!

 

[Kompromat]

Thank you, very nicely presented and we would love those Mirage-2000-9s.

 

[DANGER-ZONE]

10040 pictured second time since terrorists attacks. Where are other eriye?

One destroyed and other damaged (to what extent, its not yet known).
So only one left 10040

 

[Donatello]

Wow! Why would Alan Warnes reveal the Mirage 2000 speculation?

@Munir @Oscar @Windjammer @MastanKhan

 

[Bratva]

One destroyed and other damaged (to what extent, its not yet known).
So only one left 10040

Wasn't it 4+1 after downsizing the deal from 5+1?

 

[Donatello]

Wasn't it 4+1 after downsizing the deal from 5+1?

Yes, 4 Erieye equipped Saab 2000s and one for Vip/Training.

 

[DANGER-ZONE]

Wasn't it 4+1 after downsizing the deal from 5+1?

yup, four Erieyes and one for VIP / Transportation.
But at the time of attack we had only three Erieye, the status of fourth Erieye is yet not clear, whether it was delivered to Pakistan or not.

 

[DESERT FIGHTER]

Pak shouldn't buy the mirage 2000-9s.. Better to finance the JF project or buy more F-16s.

 

[Bratva]

yup, four Erieyes and one for VIP / Transportation.
But at the time of attack we had only three Erieye, the status of fourth Erieye is yet not clear, whether it was delivered to Pakistan or not.

 

[Shabi1]

Pak shouldn't buy the mirage 2000-9s.. Better to finance the JF project or buy more F-16s.

This is unexpected news, if possible than PAF should go for them UAE has around 60 Mirage 2000-9s. F-16s are better but if PAF doesnt buy these only other likely buyer is India. Realistically PAF cannot replace all of its F-7s and Mirages 1:1 so these would ease the load and prevent PAF from downsizing number of squadrons. Plus we would have them in inventory much faster. The Mirage 2000-9s which UAE has are excellent strike fighters.

I absolutely love the design of the Mirage its a magnificent aircraft, would be exciting to see if this iconic design is still flying with PAF beyond the Mirage 3/5s.