Pakistan F-16 Discussions 2

[air marshal]

https://falcons.pk/photo/Lockheed-Martin-F-16D-Fighting-Falcon/2885

 

[Thorough Pro]

Sometimes the sanctions are nothing more than a political drama for public display, and governments knowingly allow certain entities to keep doing business under the table as they don't want to sever the relations permanently.

GD (eventually LM) was still sending parts. F-16 pilot yearly hours barely dropped even during embargo. If it was through Israel then it must have been black market.

 

[Tair-Lahoti]

Sometimes the sanctions are nothing more than a political drama for public display, and governments knowingly allow certain entities to keep doing business under the table as they don't want to sever the relations permanently.

USA is controlled by oil and arms dealers and US do whatever is required to please them. "Blood Diamon", the movie, narrated similar story, in which US fund both government forces and rebels and provide arms to diamond mafia through private contractors. So, agree these sanctions can be just to scare the world.

 

[Tair-Lahoti]

Despite Ban, U.S. Arms Are Sold to Pakistan
By MURRAY WAAS AND DOUGLAS FRANTZ (1992)

Despite a ban on military sales to Pakistan by the U.S. government, the Bush Administration has quietly permitted the Pakistani armed forces to buy American-made arms from commercial firms for the last year and a half, according to classified documents and Administration officials.

Among the military items licensed for sale to Pakistan are spare parts for American-made F-16 fighter planes, which form the nucleus of Islamabad’s air force, Administration officials confirmed. The volume of sales could not be determined. But officials said the equipment is intended to help Pakistan maintain its current arsenal.

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-03-06-mn-3321-story.html

 

[airomerix]

 

[airomerix]

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Watermark this. Before facebook explodes with this image.

Great and a rare share.

 

[PanzerKiel]

Watermark this. Before facebook explodes with this image.

Great and a rare share.

i took it...
....what if we let it remain rare??

 

[untitled]

....what if we let it remain rare??

That's not how social media works

 

[PanzerKiel]

 

[PanzerKiel]

 

[Aamir Hussain]

SA was the conduit and a very helpful one at that.

I know of a lot of South African corporate and techs in Pakistan during 2005 and 2006

 

[Aamir Hussain]

Pak bought a lot more than spare parts from Israel... one key capability of the 90s was from Israel via a third party. @denel probably knows a lot about it.

I believe you are referring to the DU Shells developed both by Pakistan and Israel together.

 

[PanzerKiel]

Complete No 11 Sqn on the Third consecutive Win of the TOPGUN trophy. OC 11 Wg Cmdr Raja Rizwan Ullah Khan (Shaheed) in front.

 

[PanzerKiel]

OC 11 Wg Cmdr Raja Rizwan Ullah Khan (Shaheed)

 

[SQ8]

OC 11 Wg Cmdr Raja Rizwan Ullah Khan (Shaheed)

He narrated his story of dogfighting a F-14 after going after the CVBG which had gotten into Pakistani waters.

The F-14 lead was trying to toy with him in the Mirage with his long range tanks still on but as soon as he punched them and maneuvered behind the tomcat they panicked and started screaming. He had his fox-2 tone all the way before the F-14’s bugged out and the PAF pilots came back on vapors.
Allegedly this is a reason why a certain F-14 squadron video exists on the internet with a quick look at a RIO holding a “f()c6 Pakistan” sign.

Also the same person who told me to bug out of Pakistan saying this country will waste me and better off outside - took that to heart.