Official and Unofficial Aviation Art

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ATTACKER ELEVATES: Attacker was the first jet fighter to be intorduced in the PAF. It was added to the PAF fleet in 1951 and was phased out 8 years later, but this aircraft never took part in combat.

 

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BRISTOL FREIGHTER: Freighters were alloted to the No. 6 Squadron. These were noisy transporters but were capable of carrying large amounts of goods. They were replaced by the C-130s.

 

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DA-20: The sketch shows a DA-20 passing over the Karakoram range. Its duty was to provide technical support to the mighty Falcons and Mirages shown in background.

 

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F-7PG SKYBOLT: An improved version of the F-7 which is a derivative to the Soviet MIG-21. It was manufactured but the CAD China and became part of the PAF fleet in 2002 to replace the old and mighty F-6 (Derivative to Soviet MIG-19).

 

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F-16 Fighting Falcon: The sketch shows an F-16 soaring high over the skies of Sargodha.

 

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F-16 Block 52 LANDS AT SHAHBAZ: An advanced and improved version to the F-16, it is far more efficent and responsive. This sketch shows and F-16 block 52 about to touch the Pakistani land for the first time at the Shahbaz Air Base Jacobabad. 3 of these arrived from the US and were flown by the PAF pilots.

 

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FALCONS MEETS THE EAGLE (AL-SAQOOR): During the joint excercise of Pakistan and Royal Saudi Arabian Air Force known as the Al-Saqoor (meaning gathering of the Falcons). An F-15 Eagle of the RSAF crosses by the elevating F-16 of the PAF.

 

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FALCON READY TO HIT THE SKIES: The sketch shows an F-16 from the No. 11 Squadron about to take-off after taxi to the runway while and F-7PG flies by.

 

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FALCONS DURING RED FLAG: Four of the PAF F-16s took part in the Red Flag excecise held in July 2010 in the USA. The sketch shows an F-16 on the PAF being re-fuelled by a USAF air tanker.

 

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JET ENGINE BOOST: The sketch shows a Mirage-III about to take-off.

 

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SABRE SCALE DRAWING: A scale drawing of the F-86 sabre which had been a part of the PAF for almost 30 years and it proved to be a good companion.

 

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THUNDER LANDS: A Thunder prototype lands after a test flight.

 

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FC-20 AMF: The FC-20 Advanced Multi-role Fighter which is considered to be a 4.5th generation fighter, developed by the Chengdu aircraft research and development China. It will be added to the PAF fleet soon.

 

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BOMBER OF THE NIGHT: The B-57 bomber of the PAF proved to be a very lethal bomber during both the wars. It was used for night bombing. It was painted black and was difficult to spot during the night.

 

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C-130E: An advanced version of the C-130 is a new addition to the PAF transport fleet.