Pakistan F-16 Discussions 2

[Donatello]

There are outstanding bills of $5 billion, which US has to pay.

Other than Saudi Arabia and Turkey, no state has ever aided Pakistan, with amounts going as high as million.

Not even during man made floods.

Japan has....

 

[abdulbarijan]

While the thread might be going off topic...I have a question that might get us all intrigued.....

Will we station all the MLU's and Blk-52 at shahbaz airbase??

 

[SQ8]

While the thread might be going off topic...I have a question that might get us all intrigued.....

Will we station all the MLU's and Blk-52 at shahbaz airbase??

All block 52's have been allotted to 5sq which is based at jacobabad.
The MLU's have avionics similar to the Block-52's so MLU's will stay in Jacobabad while 5 sq acts as a transition and conversion unit for exiting F-16 pilots to the MLU jets. This will continue until there are enough MLU's in Jacobabad for conversion courses to be carried out and the surplus will head to existing F-16 sq to replace those aircraft going for MLU.
It is however also possible that Jacobabad may become the premier F-16 training and transition base and 5-sq take up the mantle of F-16 OCU from 11 sq. This will require one or two MLU's left at jacobabad in lieu of the block-52s even after all MLU's are delivered back to the PAF.

 

[TOPGUN]

Good news however ... what about the news of 18 more blk 52's ? or that just a rumor and any news if US will free up older vipers for us?

 

[[--Leo--]]

Pakistan ordered 18 F-16 block 52 or 36 F-16 block 52?

 

[Aamir Hussain]

Let us rewind to the 1st post on this thread;-)

 

[Donatello]

All block 52's have been allotted to 5sq which is based at jacobabad.
The MLU's have avionics similar to the Block-52's so MLU's will stay in Jacobabad while 5 sq acts as a transition and conversion unit for exiting F-16 pilots to the MLU jets. This will continue until there are enough MLU's in Jacobabad for conversion courses to be carried out and the surplus will head to existing F-16 sq to replace those aircraft going for MLU.
It is however also possible that Jacobabad may become the premier F-16 training and transition base and 5-sq take up the mantle of F-16 OCU from 11 sq. This will require one or two MLU's left at jacobabad in lieu of the block-52s even after all MLU's are delivered back to the PAF.

But the CCS is based in Sargodha...the home of the F-16s.....so will that be shifted as well?

 

[TOPGUN]

Man why are you people trying to mess up this thread by trolling this thread is about PAF f-16's stick to the topic damn...

 

[SQ8]

But the CCS is based in Sargodha...the home of the F-16s.....so will that be shifted as well?

The CCS is the combat commanders school that trains leaders for all fighter types, not just F-16's.
It will retain its F-16 package from the Sargodha squadrons.
I dont think that there will be any time when F-16's are not at Sargodha. It will just be those MLU F-16's that will come in new to be worked up at Jacobabad and then will be returned to Sargodha.

 

[TOPGUN]

The CCS is the combat commanders school that trains leaders for all fighter types, not just F-16's.
It will retain its F-16 package from the Sargodha squadrons.
I dont think that there will be any time when F-16's are not at Sargodha. It will just be those MLU F-16's that will come in new to be worked up at Jacobabad and then will be returned to Sargodha.

Agreed but isn't the plan to mlu all older vipers ? so then when inshallah they are all mlu'd the older vipers that is .. then wouldn't all of them be moved to Jacobabad ?

 

[Last Hope]

Agreed but isn't the plan to mlu all older vipers ? so then when inshallah they are all mlu'd the older vipers that is .. then wouldn't all of them be moved to Jacobabad ?

Yes TOPGUN, all will be MLU-ed.
They would come to Jacobabad, and the pilots would be trained for some time, and go back to their respected Squadron, like the two MLU-ed F-16s received are from 9th Squadron.

As for the MLU of others, I've got no idea when it finishes. These F-16s were sent in 2009 for MLU.

 

[Windjammer]

The latest F-16s to join PAF, make a break over Shahbaz Airbase before coming in to land.

 

[nomi007]

are more f-16s are coming

 

[BATMAN]

Turkey delivers 3 modernized F-16 aircraft to Pakistan

ANKARA, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- Turkish Aerospace Industries Inc. ( TUSAS) on Wednesday delivered three modernized F-16 aircraft to Pakistani Air Forces, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported.

Turkish Defense Industry Undersecretary Murad Bayar was quoted as saying at a delivering ceremony that Turkey and Pakistan have successfully cooperated in a wide range of technologies, including radio, electronics and military information systems.

Pakistani Deputy Commander of Air Forces Gen. Asim Suleiman said Pakistan's air defense will become even stronger with the aircraft modernized in structural and avionic aspects.

TUSAS signed the contract with Pakistan Ministry of Defense in June 2009 after winning out in the tender of Pakistan Air Force F- 16 Modernization (Peace Drive II) program.

Under the program, TUSAS's engineers and technicians are responsible for the modernization of a total of 41 F-16 aircraft in the inventory of Pakistan Air Force (PAF).

The Peace Drive II program, which started in October 2010, is expected to finish by September 2014. The required parts, material and technical data are furnished to TUSAS in line with another contract between the U.S. government and PAF.

Within the scope of the Peace Drive II program, TUSAS also provides classroom and on-the-job training to 72 PAF technicians.

TUSAS, which was established for co-production of F-16 aircraft for the Turkish Air Force in 1984, is one of the major aerospace companies in the world in F-16 manufacturing and modernization. It is also currently modernizing 175 F-16s for the Turkish Air Force.

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TAR

 

[BATMAN]

TUSAŞ'ın modernize ettiği üç F-16 Pakistan'a teslim edildi

According to the (translated version) link above, it says 6 more a/c were delivered.

It also says by mid of 2012 many more air-crafts will be released simultaneously!!!