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R.I.P. to the warrior.
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Its sad to hear about this loss, may Allah bless his soul.
And which sqn operates non-rose mirages? (15sqn has currently the oldest Mirages...and they were upgraded to ROSE standard in late 2000) each upgrade adds 12yrs of service to the aircraft...Mirages are still air worthy, even after decades of operational service. PAF has accurately planned their retirement schedule, which will be implemented as documented....crashes/inflight emergencies might add more pressure to squadrons/maintenance and flt safety staff but it has no influence on the overall policy of PAF.
A Mirage-V fighter jet of the Pakistan Air Force has crashed during a routine operational training mission near the mountainous area in Uthal area of Lasbela district in the southwestern Balochistan province.
Fighter pilot, Air Commodore Mohammad Asim Paracha was not able to survive the crash and embraced Shahadat.
Air Commodore Mohammad Asim Paracha took off in his Mirage fighter jet from Masrur Airbase Karachi, and according to the Initial investigation reports, his aircraft crashed after fire erupted in Mirage-V fighter jet.
Some airframes of the Mirage-V fighter jets are over 40 years old which need immediate replacement.
Pakistan Air Force is already inducting JF-17 Thunder fighter jets to replace their old fleet of F-7Ps, A-5s and French Mirage-III/Vs.
WC Asim Piracha has had a ejection before this as well, also from a Mirage. He suffered some injuries I think and was deputed to PAF academy cadets wing.
No. 8 Squadron is for Maritime roles i think, at PAF base Masroor. They carry Exocet missiles as well I think.
if my memory serves that incident happened in 1994 n the name of the instructor pilot was sqn ldr mujahid who embraced shahadat.may be i m wrong.He ejected from T37 in academy days, his IP died
everyone is asking the same question?Didn't mirage have ejection seats or if they have why didn't he bailed out?
Are you guys sure we are talking about Asim Paracha he should be a wing Commander not Air Commodore. The Shaheed God Bless his Soul was from 98th GDP which should put him in his mid 30's and you cant be an Air Commodore at that age in PAF for certain now a days.
The talk of Mirages getting old or F-7s being old has got nothing to do with the crash. when the engine reaches a certain number of hours it goes for overall. Kamra does a fantastic job when the fighter is given to them I have seen it they take apart each and every part and put it on the floor change what ever is required and them gradually and systematically put everything back which gives the fighter a new life. We have realize that we are dealing with machines and Murphy's law comes into play
if something has to go wrong it will go wrong sooner or later.
Question will be did he try to punch out and if he did was there a misfire.