Abu Zolfiqar
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hi, your source???
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What about the 14 F-16s that we got from USAF? Are they already MLU-ed or will PAF MLU them ?
I assume that you are talking about the F-16s which were embargoed and used by US Navy. They are Block 40 and will arrive by December 2012 according to some highly creditable online-media.
YEss as far as i know
we will receive 14 more F-16(dnt knw about blocks) in dec 2012.
i think everyone knew this.
and this will make total F-16 to 77 or odd 80
can you kindly pot a link to this info as well for more details?
i have also heard this news (of release of embargoed F-16) with same time line but in current Pak-US relations, this seem highly unlikely!
also, these are Blk 40? As per my information, US gov back in 2011 transferred these embargoed planes to PAF on paper but which blk and which model ( C/D ) was still being negotiated but these were most likely to be Blk-15.
All this was back then, the time when relations were going smoothly. All this is under doubts now given the current relation/situation. Please post a link for detail study.
regards!
I assume that you are talking about the F-16s which were embargoed and used by US Navy. They are Block 40 and will arrive by December 2012 according to some highly creditable online-media.
all the aircrafts used by USN were blk-15s, not 40.
and US does not owe us anymore aircrafts for the record.
we recieved 14 of them a couple of years ago from USAF and the other 14 ( operated by USN) were cashed into something else.
Musharraf himself said it. i remember it.
and it was a good decision as those aircrafts were good for nothing, their structure was so damage that they wouldn't be able to take combat load into any theatre. their role required continuous high Gs as flown by the aggressors of USN. and besides USN wasn't willing to give their aircrafts either.
hope this clears things up for everyone.
all the aircrafts used by USN were blk-15s, not 40.
and US does not owe us anymore aircrafts for the record.
we recieved 14 of them a couple of years ago from USAF and the other 14 ( operated by USN) were cashed into something else.
Musharraf himself said it. i remember it.
and it was a good decision as those aircrafts were good for nothing, their structure was so damage that they wouldn't be able to take combat load into any theatre. their role required continuous high Gs as flown by the aggressors of USN. and besides USN wasn't willing to give their aircrafts either.
hope this clears things up for everyone.
8th Pakistani F-16 pilot joins 2000hrs club
In March/April 2012, Wg Cdr Ghazanfar Latif (then OC No.5 Sqn) reached the unique milestone of becoming the 8th Pakistan Air Force F-16 pilot to complete 2000hrs. Wg Cdr Ghazanfar has been flying F-16s since 1996 and apart from participating in domestic exercises & operational deployments. He has also actively participated in several multinational exercises for PAF that include Exercise Anatolian Eagle 2004 (Turkey), Indus Viper 2008 (Pakistan) and Falcon Talon 2009 (Pakistan).
PAF has been operating F-16s since January 1983 and since then hundreds of thousands of flying hours have been accumulated by the Pakistani pilots. Over fifty PAF pilots have surpassed the 1000hrs benchmark.
June 26, 2010: Wg Cdr Ghazanfar Latif poses for the camera after ferrying first ever F-16 Block-52 aircraft from U.S to Pakistan. He also led the team that ferried MLU F-16s from Turkey in Feb 2012. PAF’s fleet of F-16A/B Block-15 are undergoing MLU at Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI), Turkey which are expected to be completed by 2014.
Lockheed Martin Corp. delivers the specially designed F-16 2000-hour patch to the pilots of recipient Air Forces.
wrong. Bush admin approved delivery of 28. 14 delivered, 14 pending.....
name the other 7 - 2,000 hour viper drivers of the PAF!