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Tail Choppers to re-equip with JF-17

The latest news is that the No 14 squadron re-equipment ceremony will take place next month.
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I wonder how many Jf17 are produced so far and how many are operational.

Technically if PAC have achieved the target of 24 aircraft in 2016 then by end of this year there should be around 90 Jf17s in total, enough to equip 2 more squadrons by end of this year. Tail-choppers as well as Sharpshooters (Both F7P operator)
 
Block 2 :pop:

I wonder how many Jf17 are produced so far and how many are operational.

Technically if PAC have achieved the target of 24 aircraft in 2016 then by end of this year there should be around 90 Jf17s in total, enough to equip 2 more squadrons by end of this year. Tail-choppers as well as Sharpshooters (Both F7P operator)
I also heard the figure of 90 aircraft available, at least two squadron have been working up on Thunders for a few months now.
 
When is the official ceremony of induction of jf in 14 sqn?
 
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Can you please confirm the Sqn # of "Leaders"
Arrows, Bandits, Black Spider, Cobras, Dashing, Eagles, Falcons, Griffin, Ghazi, Hawks, Haider, Minahsian, Leaders, Panther, Shaheen, Tail Choppers, Tigers, Talons, Sharp Shooters, Sherdil Skybolts. Night strike Eagles, Zarrar....
Some squadrons have multiple names. No 14 is called Tailchoppers, Shaheens and the fighting fourteen, similarly No 19 is called Sherdil and Hawks.
Arrows, Bandits, Black Spider, Cobras, Dashing, Eagles, Falcons, Griffin, Ghazi, Hawks, Haider, Minahsian, Leaders, Panther, Shaheen, Tail Choppers, Tigers, Talons, Sharp Shooters, Sherdil Skybolts. Night strike Eagles, Zarrar....
Some squadrons have multiple names. No 14 is called Tailchoppers, Shaheens and the fighting fourteen, similarly No 19 is called Sherdil and Hawks.
 
Can you please confirm the Sqn # of "Leaders"
No. 1 FCU ''Rahbars''/ Leaders.

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@Windjammer
can you please confirm Names of the Following Sqns.
No. 82 Sqn (SAR)
No. 85 Sqn (SAR)
No. 87 Sqn (SAR)

No. 21 Sqn
No. 10 Sqn (MRTT)
No. 4 Sqn
 
Tail Choppers to re-equip with JF-17 Insha'Allah
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16th Jan 2017

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No 21 is called Pegasus it's the second c130 Sqn

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pegasus

Posted on 20 January, 2016

Pakistan Air Force C-130B Hercules 61-2646 from 6 Squadron ‘Antelopes’ takes off from its home base at Chaklala on March 24, 2007. Rockwell Collins was awarded a contract yesterday to upgrade the avionics on the PAF C-130B/E fleet. AFD-Alan Warnes

AN AVIONICS upgrade is to be undertaken on the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) C-130 Hercules fleet following the award of a contract to Rockwell Collins for the work. Under the $30,727,886 Foreign Military Sales deal, awarded to the company on January 15 through the US Air Force Life Cycle Management Center at Robins AFB, Georgia, the contractor will be responsible for design, manufacture, integration, training and providing technical support during installation.

This will involve delivery of eleven C-130E model kits and five C-130B integrated avionics suites and kits. Additionally, Rockwell Collins will develop, validate and deliver consolidated C-130B/E flight manual and associated checklists, plus the maintenance supplements required to operate, maintain and sustain the PAF C-130 fleet.

Work will be performed at PAF Base Nur Khan, Islamabad, Pakistan, and is expected to be complete by December 31, 2020. Nur Khan, previously known as Chaklala, but renamed on October 10, 2012, is the main PAF C-130B/E base, housing the aircraft of 6 Squadron ‘Antelopes’ as part of 35 (Composite Air Transport) Wing. The type is also flown by 21 Squadron ‘Pegasus’ at PAF Base Faisal, Karachi.

As previously reported on AFD, plans for the upgrade of the PAF C-130B/E fleet had initially been notified to US Congress by the US Defense Security Co-operation Agency (DSCA) on March 11, 2014. In addition to the avionics work, that notification also included plans for engine management and mechanical upgrades and cargo delivery system installation, together with outer wing replacement on six aircraft. This will be the subject of a separate contract. At the time, the DSCA gave an estimated total value for all of the avionics and other modernisation work as $100 million. AFD-Dave Allport

Source: https://defence.pk/threads/pakistan-air-force-transport.3776/page-77#ixzz4VO2jNRwX
 
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