Pakistan F-16 Discussions 2

[Windjammer]

 

[Raider 21]

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Recovering at Nellis AFB from a CAS training mission

 

[WiderMan]

Recovering at Nellis AFB from a CAS training mission

How can you tell? the aircraft flew with the pod the entire time

 

[Raider 21]

How can you tell? the aircraft flew with the pod the entire time

As that was taken during Green Flag

 

[WiderMan]

As that was taken during Green Flag

Oh I feel dumb

 

[Raider 21]

Oh I feel dumb

Green Flag-West

MissionGreen Flag-West is a large force, live-fly Joint exercise that provides advanced, realistic and relevant air-to-surface integration warfighter training in a robust contested, degraded, and

www.nellis.af.mil

My apologies. You'll find some info here.

 

[ghazi52]

Chief of the Air Staff of RAF Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen John Hillier with PAF No. 9 ''Griffins' .

 

[WiderMan]

Green Flag-West

MissionGreen Flag-West is a large force, live-fly Joint exercise that provides advanced, realistic and relevant air-to-surface integration warfighter training in a robust contested, degraded, and

www.nellis.af.mil

My apologies. You'll find some info here.

That was in regard to my earlier remark, but cheers anyway.

 

[ghazi52]

Ist Pakistan Air Force Contingent Of F-16 Aircraft At General Dynamics Now (Lockheed Martin) Factory, Fort worth Texas USA.

 

[ghazi52]

June 26, 2010 - Wing Commander 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 Completed In 2014.

 

[air marshal]

 

[mshan44]

 

[Tomcats]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1345434440286146560

Full interview here, starts from 26:00

 

[Trailer23]

This interview with ACM (retd.) Shahzad Choudhary illustrates my point (shared by @Raider 21 and @Hodor ) that F-16 just can't be replaced, discredited or looked down upon because we're finally getting the JF-17 Block III.

The Block III is going to be a great jet and a game-changer for us in many ways with the AESA Radar & PL-15's, but is that all that will be needed to match a Rafale. Yes, we crack jokes that a 4th/4.5 Generation jet at the hands of the IAF is like giving a ricshaw driver an F1 on Silverstone. But in the end, its still a Rafale.

Some of the fellow members have repeatedly insisted that the F-16 is a thing of the past, but its clear that there are somethings that just can't be replicated by even a Block III.

In 17 Days, the new President of the United States will be sworn in. We'll find out within the first 30 Days where Pakistan stands...

The train may have already left the station on us getting a few used-Vipers, but one thing about Politics is that - you never know.

 

[Clairvoyant]

This interview with ACM (retd.) Shahzad Choudhary illustrates my point (shared by @Raider 21 and @Hodor ) that F-16 just can't be replaced, discredited or looked down upon because we're finally getting the JF-17 Block III.

The Block III is going to be a great jet and a game-changer for us in many ways with the AESA Radar & PL-15's, but is that all that will be needed to match a Rafale. Yes, we crack jokes that a 4th/4.5 Generation jet at the hands of the IAF is like giving a ricshaw driver an F1 on Silverstone. But in the end, its still a Rafale.

Some of the fellow members have repeatedly insisted that the F-16 is a thing of the past, but its clear that there are somethings that just can't be replicated by even a Block III.

In 17 Days, the new President of the United States will be sworn in. We'll find out within the first 30 Days where Pakistan stands...

The train may have already left the station on us getting a few used-Vipers, but one thing about Politics is that - you never know.

The love story of F.16 and PAF is far from over, given the chance the air force would more than love to get it's hands on new/used F.16's.