Pakistan F-16 Discussions 2

[razgriz19]

They only pretend to not being able to service it so Military would buy new planes , new models

Technically they could have even used the F14 till now with new avionics and packages

All about commerce here .... that is why folks stop servicing units when they want Governments to buy new items

Try bending a paper clip multiple times and see what happens.
Those things can only last so long, you can replace parts and avionics but you can't change the structure much without costing fortune. Wing spars have a design life and so does all the other load bearing structures. They can only do it for so long. You can always add new reinforcements, but that's adding to weight and cost, not to mention the long downtime.

 

[Sine Nomine]

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[Imran Khan]

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look like taken by a chopper ? but looks nice

 

[Sine Nomine]

look like taken by a chopper ? but looks nice

Yes sir taken by a chooper.

 

[Windjammer]

look like taken by a chopper ? but looks nice

Yes sir taken by a chooper.

This is the aircraft in which the PAF Airchief flew in on Pakistan Day Parade.
After the flypast, the aircraft landed at Nur Khan Base, where it's being recovered by the ground crew.

 

[Imran Khan]

This is the aircraft in which the PAF Airchief flew in on Pakistan Day Parade.
After the flypast, the aircraft landed at Nur Khan Base, where it's being recovered by the ground crew.

why they land it in nur khan because air chief have to go parade ground after landing ?

 

[Windjammer]

why they land it in nur khan because air chief have to go parade ground after landing ?

Yes because he has to join other VIPs to witness the parade and Nur Khan is the nearest base to the parade ground.

 

[Basel]

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[Raider 21]

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Amazing at how they ended up at Arizona.

 

[Raider 21]

 

[umair86pk]

Priceless find

 

[Readerdefence]

Still not much difference with the current cinematography by PTV

 

[chaklala2]

wow - ACM Jamal was very very low...you don't see the CAS flying this low nowadays...the Mirage and A5 formation was a complete disaster. If I am not mistaken but I think this the flypast where one mirage crashed prior to entry of the race course ground due to bird hit and the pilot died...that what probably explains the chaos of the formation

 

[Arsalan]

wow - ACM Jamal was very very low...you don't see the CAS flying this low nowadays...the Mirage and A5 formation was a complete disaster. If I am not mistaken but I think this the flypast where one mirage crashed prior to entry of the race course ground due to bird hit and the pilot died...that what probably explains the chaos of the formation

Yes you are right.
Pilot Mohammad Saeed Iqbal lost his life in that sad incident.

 

[Raider 21]

wow - ACM Jamal was very very low...you don't see the CAS flying this low nowadays...the Mirage and A5 formation was a complete disaster. If I am not mistaken but I think this the flypast where one mirage crashed prior to entry of the race course ground due to bird hit and the pilot died...that what probably explains the chaos of the formation

Cause was trim failure in the flight controls. Pilot ejected but chute didn't deploy. Formation went normally as planned. Nobody heard anything on the radio until they were done with the flypast (my dad flew left wing in the lead formation with the F-16s).

ACM Jamal flew in an F-16B with Wing Commander Amjad Javed in the backseat as a safety pilot. After they landed at Chaklala, Amjad Javed then took off and flew the F-16A solo demo.