Pakistan Air Force | News & Discussions.

[Ahmet Pasha]

Isn't this published by Dr. Moeed Pirzada???

Author Shahid Reza View attachment 604822View attachment 604823

 

[TigerOfMysore]

Team how can I get hi res video of PAF. I am interested in building an AirForce hype video and require the best possible sources of videos. Any help would be appreciated.

 

[PakFactor]

Hold up has anyone got the subscription for Janes and let us know what his article stated.

 

[The Eagle]

Perfectly loaded.

 

[fatman17]

PAF JF17 patches

 

[Inception-06]

Author Shahid Reza View attachment 604822View attachment 604823

Can you upload it ?

 

[PakShaheen79]

Can you upload it ?

Search Global Village Space website, it is available there.

 

[StormBreaker]

Hold up has anyone got the subscription for Janes and let us know what his article stated.

If it was really significant, it would have been made news after all this time, so i am judging that the article is of not much importance for us

 

[Tank131]

PAF JF17 patches View attachment 605939View attachment 605940

Second patch would be better with a picture of a mig being downed and saying "Sleep, Fly, Annihilate, Repatriate" with a tiny pic of abhinandan drinking chai

Lolz

 

[Talon]

@Windjammer sir here's another view of Masroor

 

[fatman17]

For the moment I wasn't able to find the original source but Huitong reports that according to a Nigerian Air Force spokesman the three JF-17N 'Thunder' fighters ordered by the Nigerian Air Force will be delivered in November this year.

(Via Huitong's CMA blog) https://t.co/SulpKqH0Ur

 

[HRK]

For the moment I wasn't able to find the original source but Huitong reports that according to a Nigerian Air Force spokesman the three JF-17N 'Thunder' fighters ordered by the Nigerian Air Force will be delivered in November this year.

(Via Huitong's CMA blog) https://t.co/SulpKqH0Ur
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Excerpt of Nigerian Air force Chief Speech delivered yesterday[Official Source]

The CAS further disclosed that the NAF was in the process of acquiring the JF-17 Thunder aircraft and the Super Tucano (A-29) light attack aircraft.

According to him, the JF-17 was due in Nigeria by November 2020

@Deino FYI as well

 

[fatman17]

Asia Pacific

Pakistan tests a new cruise missile. Can it hit inside India?

By: Usman Ansari  

Pakistan's Ra'ad cruise missile has been upgraded with almost double the range. Pictured is the Ra'ad I missile, an older version of the weapon, in a 2008 file photo. (Usman Ansari/Staff)

ISLAMABAD — Pakistan on Tuesday carried out a successful test of its latest Ra’ad-II air-launched cruise missile, with a new range of 600 kilometers.

According to the military’s ISPR media branch, the homegrown Ra’ad-II “significantly enhances air delivered strategic standoff capability on land and at sea." The weapon features enhanced guidance and navigation systems, “ensuring engagement of targets with high precision.”

When first unveiled as a mock-up in 2017 during an annual parade in Pakistan, the Ra’ad-II had a stated range of 550 kilometers. Slight changes to the intake design led to speculation that the extra range has been achieved due to a more advanced engine than that used in the Ra’ad-I, which has a range of 350 kilometers.

Pakistan wants to create a self-reliant, self-sustained defense industry

The Pakistani government is promoting aims to increase public-private cooperation. But the private sector is skeptical.


That speculation may have been correct. Though the footage from Tuesday’s test was deliberately low resolution, the rear of the Ra’ad-II appears to have been entirely redesigned with a new intake and control surfaces.

The Ra’ad-I had what may be described a large “twin tail,” whereas the Ra’ad-II appears to have adopted a more compact "X" configuration layout common with similar missiles in service elsewhere. That change should aid in its carriage on a wider range of platforms, perhaps even internally if Pakistan’s fifth-generation fighter program, Project Azm, bears fruit and features an internal weapons bay.

To date, the Ra’ad missiles have only been seen carried by Mirage III strike fighters, which have a wide-track undercarriage.

The range increase would allow the missile to launch well within Pakistan’s territory while being able to hit critical targets within India — New Delhi is roughly 430 kilometers from Lahore, for instance. That need has taken on a greater importance due to India’s air defense modernization efforts through the acquisition of systems such as the Russian S-400.




Washington also recently cleared the Integrated Air Defense System for sale to India.

Mansoor Ahmed, a senior fellow at the Center for International Strategic Studies in Islamabad who specializes in Pakistan’s nuclear program and its delivery platforms, believes the Ra’ad-II is “Pakistan’s answer to India’s development of the Nirbhay cruise missile.”

He believes Ra’ad-II “will significantly enhance the operational and targeting flexibility of the air leg of Pakistan's strategic forces.”

“It gives enhanced capability for precision strikes against critical military targets on land and at sea from safer standoff ranges. With its extended range, hitherto invulnerable sites, forces and assets can now be taken out with greater precision that were previously only covered by Pakistan’s ballistic missiles," he said.

 

[fatman17]

Asia Pacific

Pakistan tests a new cruise missile. Can it hit inside India?

By: Usman Ansari  

Pakistan's Ra'ad cruise missile has been upgraded with almost double the range. Pictured is the Ra'ad I missile, an older version of the weapon, in a 2008 file photo. (Usman Ansari/Staff)

ISLAMABAD — Pakistan on Tuesday carried out a successful test of its latest Ra’ad-II air-launched cruise missile, with a new range of 600 kilometers.

According to the military’s ISPR media branch, the homegrown Ra’ad-II “significantly enhances air delivered strategic standoff capability on land and at sea." The weapon features enhanced guidance and navigation systems, “ensuring engagement of targets with high precision.”

When first unveiled as a mock-up in 2017 during an annual parade in Pakistan, the Ra’ad-II had a stated range of 550 kilometers. Slight changes to the intake design led to speculation that the extra range has been achieved due to a more advanced engine than that used in the Ra’ad-I, which has a range of 350 kilometers.

Pakistan wants to create a self-reliant, self-sustained defense industry

The Pakistani government is promoting aims to increase public-private cooperation. But the private sector is skeptical.


That speculation may have been correct. Though the footage from Tuesday’s test was deliberately low resolution, the rear of the Ra’ad-II appears to have been entirely redesigned with a new intake and control surfaces.

The Ra’ad-I had what may be described a large “twin tail,” whereas the Ra’ad-II appears to have adopted a more compact "X" configuration layout common with similar missiles in service elsewhere. That change should aid in its carriage on a wider range of platforms, perhaps even internally if Pakistan’s fifth-generation fighter program, Project Azm, bears fruit and features an internal weapons bay.

To date, the Ra’ad missiles have only been seen carried by Mirage III strike fighters, which have a wide-track undercarriage.

The range increase would allow the missile to launch well within Pakistan’s territory while being able to hit critical targets within India — New Delhi is roughly 430 kilometers from Lahore, for instance. That need has taken on a greater importance due to India’s air defense modernization efforts through the acquisition of systems such as the Russian S-400.




Washington also recently cleared the Integrated Air Defense System for sale to India.

Mansoor Ahmed, a senior fellow at the Center for International Strategic Studies in Islamabad who specializes in Pakistan’s nuclear program and its delivery platforms, believes the Ra’ad-II is “Pakistan’s answer to India’s development of the Nirbhay cruise missile.”

He believes Ra’ad-II “will significantly enhance the operational and targeting flexibility of the air leg of Pakistan's strategic forces.”

“It gives enhanced capability for precision strikes against critical military targets on land and at sea from safer standoff ranges. With its extended range, hitherto invulnerable sites, forces and assets can now be taken out with greater precision that were previously only covered by Pakistan’s ballistic missiles," he said.

RA AD

 

[Path-Finder]

I was thinking what Pakistan can really do with is a VTOL striker and bomber. It makes sense as you dont need runways for it. In a time of war runways will be decimated, I know that other roads can become runways but VTOL can eliminate the need for one.