Pakistan F-16 Discussions 2

ziaulislam · May 29, 2017

We should ask iran for favors

khanasifm · May 30, 2017

Go ahead ask I am no body I cannot ask sh^&

Windjammer · Jun 8, 2017

Armed with LGBs and targeting pod, a No 9 Squadron Viper heads out spoil the day for some terrorists.

Clairvoyant · Jun 12, 2017

No offense bro but the plane is only carrying Mk.82 bombs

Windjammer · Jun 17, 2017

Raider 21 · Jun 17, 2017

April 8th, 1988, Squadron Leader Athar Bokhari

Almost 16 months elapsed beofre the next ‘kill’ was achieved near Miranshah. Squadron Leader Athar Bokhari’s success of August 4th 1988 was unique in that it was the only one involving a Su-25 and a Soviet pilot. The mission began with a ‘hot’ scramble in F-16A 85-725 from Kamra at about 1900 hours, Athar being instructed by GCI to intercept four unidentified radar contacts. By the time he reached the area, however, all four had returned to the safe side of the border, so he began ‘CAPing’. At arounf 1950 hours, GCI reported the presence of four more ‘bogies’, although it is conceivable that this was the original group returning to the scene of the earlier acitivity. GCI also advised Ather that the contacts were gone 23 nm away, still 5 miles on the side of the border but that they were heading in easterly direction, which seemed to indicate that an incursion was imminent. Ather’s initial GCI vector was 300 degrees as he moved to cut off the threat. At a range of 18 nm he obtained a radar lock on one aircraft which was heading almost directly towards him. he also noted that there were about 4-6 miles of lateral separation between the pairs of enemy aircraft. The range continued to diminish and at 7 nm Athar began hearing the familiar growling sound as the infra-red seeker head of a sidewinder started tracking its target.

Thus far, though, DLZ criteria were not satisfied. It was at this range that his adversary started a rapid turn to the right, which was certainly tactically unsound and was eventually to be his downfall. In Athar’s own words, “He just came and turned in front of me…” Athar was then told by GCI to ‘go for it’, since his target was now about 7nm inside Pakistan with the other three members of the formation about 2-3 nm inside. At 5 nm, Athar was abeam the Su-25 and closing fast. He pulled into a left-hand turn which brought him to a heading of about 250260 degrees and allowed him to take up the almost classic six o’clock position at a range of about 3 nm. In just a few moments, DLZ criteria were met, but Athar allowed the HUD circle to flash three or four times before firing his starboard AIM-9L at a range of 2.5 nm. (Earlier he experienced some difficulty with the port AIM-9L, which would normally be fired first – this resulted in a decision to switch to a starboard weapon.)

At that moment, the target was at 26,000 ft and flying at a speed of about 290-300 kt; Athar was slightly below at 21,000 ft but with a high overtake at 510-520 kt in afterburner as he climbed towards the bandit. Athar was clearly confident in the capability of the sidewinder, for he fired just once and then waited for a few seconds to observe the fireball before breaking left and dropping to low level.

As he egressed the area on a heading of 120 degrees, he looked back and observed what he at first thought to be a number of missiles that had been fired at him. Notifying GCI that he believed himself to be under threat of attack, Athar popped a number of infra-red flares as he departed. It was only later that he reached the conclusion the ‘missiles’ he had seen were actually infra-red flares launched by other aircraft in the enemy formation. Within seconds of being hit by Athar’s sidewinder, the Su-25 pilot ejected. He was subsequently captured and interrogated, when it was learned that he was Colonel Alexandrov of the Soviet Armed Forces. Eventually, he was released into the care of the Soviet authorities but not before divulging that his initial thought on being hit was that he had a technical problem. Only later did the pilot realise that he had been shot down, but he remained adamant in his belief that he had been hit by a radar-guided missile (eiether an AIM-7 or an AIM-120) fired from a head-on pass and refused to accept that it was actually an AIM-9L fired from behind that brought about his downfall. he was however, relieved to be taken into custody by the Pakistan Army rather than Afghan Mujahideen forces and probably had good reason to feel that way. A section of wing taken from the wreckage has been placed on display close to the base commander’s office at Kamra.

Windjammer · Jun 17, 2017

A rare HUD image of the shooting down of Russian SU-25 by PAF F-16 described in the above chapter.

Windjammer · Jun 19, 2017

A PAF Viper sits in it's hangar, ready to light that afterburner at a moments notice.

CHACHA"G" · Jun 22, 2017

I have one question , If India buy F-16 from USA ,then , How friend and foe system on our F-16 will work?

his5850 · Jun 22, 2017

we need to buy an other 4th generation plane or we need to fast step the acquisition of 5th generation of plan that is very dangerous if India start build F-16

Windjammer · Jun 22, 2017

WiderMan · Jun 22, 2017

Windjammer said:
Armed with LGBs and targeting pod, a No 9 Squadron Viper heads out spoil the day for some terrorists.

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Mk.82 GPBs not LGBs. Note the mechanical nose fuzes.

Basel · Jun 22, 2017

CHACHA"G" said:
I have one question , If India buy F-16 from USA ,then , How friend and foe system on our F-16 will work?

Good question same goes to Indian F-16s too until they get customize IFF from US or get codes to customize IFF from US or US allow 3rd Party IFF on F-16 like on Israeli F-16s