Pakistan F-16 Discussions 2

[Raider 21]

Any instances when B's take off with one pilot only. Rare, common or never happened?

Yes many times. Common practice.

 

[ghazi52]

..,.,.,

 

[TsAr]

Good to see you back!

If people still have notions that the USA will agree to deliver further quantities of F16s, please forget such delusions. Cheers

 

[fatman17]

Good to see you back!

Thanks a lot. Cheers

 

[haroonn]

Yes many times. Common practice.

If I remember correctly, PAF's UAV kill in June 2002 was made by Sqn. Ldr. Zulfiqar flying solo in F-16B.

 

[FOOLS_NIGHTMARE]

All is beneath my wings ...

 

[Raider 21]

If I remember correctly, PAF's UAV kill in June 2002 was made by Sqn. Ldr. Zulfiqar flying solo in F-16B.

Negative. Flown by two pilots. The other pilot was the F-16 demo pilot at this year's March 23rd parade

 

[Signalian]

Any chance Block 60/62 could join PAF after retirement from UAEAF or replacement by UAE Rafales.

 

[Sanwal!!]

Raja Rizwanullah. First fighter pilot in PAF who was also an aerospace engineering graduate. Died in 2002 with many of PAF's senior leadership in a Fokker aircraft.

His wife was Paktel's CIO back in the late 90s.

 

[White privilege]

Negative. Flown by two pilots. The other pilot was the F-16 demo pilot at this year's March 23rd parade

But this year's Viper demo pilot was W/C Affan Aslam , and the attached image of the of the IAF UAV debris trophy lists the pilot names as Sqn Ldr Zulfiqar Ayub and Sqn Ldr Afzal Awan....

 

[Sinnerman108]

Any chance Block 60/62 could join PAF after retirement from UAEAF or replacement by UAE Rafales.

Don't know about F-16s, but the Mirages !!!!!

 

[Trailer23]

But this year's Viper demo pilot was W/C Affan Aslam...

 

[Raider 21]

But this year's Viper demo pilot was W/C Affan Aslam , and the attached image of the of the IAF UAV debris trophy lists the pilot names as Sqn Ldr Zulfiqar Ayub and Sqn Ldr Afzal Awan....View attachment 845738

Possibly. I could be mistaken. Even seeing an Ali flying USAF Vipers at Fort Worth had me confused a bit.

Any chance Block 60/62 could join PAF after retirement from UAEAF or replacement by UAE Rafales.

Not for now as they have no plans to retire. The cadre of Emiratis pilots are racking 3-4k hours in the jets with many more expected to join the pipeline and have it in service for another decade or so.

 

[AeroEngineer]

Raja Rizwanullah. First fighter pilot in PAF who was also an aerospace engineering graduate. Died in 2002 with many of PAF's senior leadership in a Fokker aircraft.

I think W/C Amir Maqsood maybe earlier than him. He shot down Mig-21 from a F-86. Then went on to CAE to graduate at the top of his majors. Don’t know why retired early.

 

[White privilege]

Possibly. I could be mistaken. Even seeing an Ali flying USAF Vipers at Fort Worth had me confused a bit.

No prob. Actually I remembered the rank (W/C), from the parade announcement, so it got me thinking.If someone was flying combat missions 20 years ago, then surely they should have made beyond W/C by now.I don't know about the PAF ranking criteria, just my observation.