Pakistan buys 13 F16 from Jordan

[Bilal.]

@Munir, any chance of execising the option for 18 block 52s?

all of you forget one thing here age and usage of that birds

They are saying the airframes has enough life for another 20 years.

 

[Munir]

all of you forget one thing here age and usage of that birds

Veteran sahib, A plane is not a car... You have still 3000 hours left to fly it as a plane just leaving factory... Every purza is replaced so one can use it as it is brand new. Surely some planes start falling down from the sky but is you do not train your pilots or stop using maintenance as it should be done then it is a thing everyone can predict. It is an high performance vehicle not a bike.

You are a veteran so how come everyone is so misreading?

 

[Luftwaffe]

any chance of execising the option for 18 block 52s?

Are you going to pay $3B...how good it would be to invest them in JF-17 you can get 4 squadrons!

 

[Munir]

@Munir, any chance of execising the option for 18 block 52s?



They are saying the airframes has enough life for another 20 years.

I stopped sharing inside info. But you do know the price we have to pay for 18 brand new vehicles? I think you can predict the answer.

 

[Surenas]

What did Pakistan actually pay for these fighters?

 

[Luftwaffe]

Veteran sahib, A plane is not a car... You have still 3000 hours left to fly it as a plane just leaving factory... Every purza is replaced so one can use it as it is brand new.
You are a veteran so how come everyone is so misreading?

Those aircrafts have estimated 5000 hours each good enough for next 15 years.

 

[Bilal.]

Are you going to pay $3B...how good it would be to invest them in JF-17 you can get 4 squadrons!

$3B??? you are saying its $166mil a piece... come on:|

 

[TOPGUN]

Outstanding news , very good move by PAF makes perfect sense can't wait to see pic's

 

[Munir]

Jordan has around 34 F5's to be replaced in next few years. They will go for a cheap option or eda... That does open up some links to Pakistani new trade... Sell JF17, deliver engineers, train pilots... Unless uncle wants to stop that and gives free F16 block42 or Saudi ruin the deal like we had with Egypt by providing billions to buy mig29... Everyone loves KSA... Trust me. You are so wrong.

Outstanding news , good very god move by PAF makes perfect sense

Long time no see Everything ok?

 

[Bilal.]

I stopped sharing inside info. But you do know the price we have to pay for 18 brand new vehicles? I think you can predict the answer.

10 may believe you other 10 may not. Why punish the ones who do?

 

[Superboy]

Good news. PAF needs to beef up its F-16 fleet. F-16 and JF-17 form a hi low mix.

 

[Imran Khan]

Veteran sahib, A plane is not a car... You have still 3000 hours left to fly it as a plane just leaving factory... Every purza is replaced so one can use it as it is brand new. Surely some planes start falling down from the sky but is you do not train your pilots or stop using maintenance as it should be done then it is a thing everyone can predict. It is an high performance vehicle not a bike.

You are a veteran so how come everyone is so misreading?

dear sir my question is still there whats remain in 1979 bulit F-16 block 1s?

i am not die hard fan or f-16 lover so i can see we are going to wrong way. since 1979 to 1994 USAF used them and then since leased to RJAF till now . what abut newest airframes of RJAF made in 1980 1981 and inducted in 1982 and 1983 ? are not they older then our original block-15OCUs? BTW they started crash recently one down also if you have update boss.

 

[Donatello]

Hi,

Another 50 of these aircraft---putting the numbers at 125 + F16 puts the paf at numbers where it can give back to what it takes from the enemy---. People who understand the significance of time in a weapon spurchase can truly understand the importance of this deal.

Now if in the next 2 to 5 years---if the paf can find a 75--100 of these aircraft and have a strike force of 150--175 aircraft---it is a guarantee that you can write off iaf----.

At the most---iaf will only be able to deploy 60% of its su30 against paf in the begining---.

This procurement is a total game changer---paf don't need the J10B for the next 5 to 10 years. What a massive counter strike by the paf.

Awhile ago the question was brought up by members of u s congress---we are selling all these advance missile to our allies---what if they turned on us----well the truth is that their concerns were serious. the u s does have so much confidence intheir allies that the instance won't arise----secondly---their IFF transponder and their knowledge of the missile how it acts was the saving grace.

the answer was---the allies want what we have---if we don't sell it---they will go to the other party and use their weapons systems---which we don't know much about.

The myth of the kill switch has died its natural death.

I think finding another 25 would be relatively easy, to put f-16s in 5-6 Squadrons. But where would they come from? PAF should keep asking USA for EDA ones, meanwhile look for any European users as well.

 

[Pakistanisage]

I don't understand why Jordan would want to sell them. They are still flying old F-5s. Why not get rid of those first ?

There is no market for old F-5's. There is a whole generational difference between F-5's and F=16's. First F-5 came out in 1959 while the first F-16 came out in 1974.

 

[Donatello]

Jordan has around 34 F5's to be replaced in next few years. They will go for a cheap option or eda... That does open up some links to Pakistani new trade... Sell JF17, deliver engineers, train pilots... Unless uncle wants to stop that and gives free F16 block42 or Saudi ruin the deal like we had with Egypt by providing billions to buy mig29... Everyone loves KSA... Trust me. You are so wrong.



Long time no see Everything ok?

Munir,

So are more MLU F-16s a possibility for PAF?