The Pakistan Air Force currently operates an estimated 500 to 530 combat aircraft. The total of aircraft in service including VIP, trainer and transport aircraft is over 800.

Fly-past performance in the Pakistan Day Joint Services Parade in Islamabad
Current Aircraft
Pakistan Air Force Combat Aircraft fleet
Aircraft Total
JF-17 Thunder 136
Chengdu J-10 36
F-16 Fighting Falcon(a/b/c/d) 40+20 on orders
Chengdu F-7 225
Mirage (all) 221
Nanchang A-5 48
Chinese J-xx  ??
Total 669



Current Aircraft
Pakistan Air Force Aircraft Fleet
Aircraft Inducted Attrition Current Role
Ababeel  ??  ??  ?? Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)
Antonov An-26 1 0 1 Medium-Lift Transport
Airbus A310 1 0 1 VIP Transport
Baaz  ??  ??  ?? Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)
Boeing 707 3 0 3 VIP Transport
Chengdu F-7P Skybolt 155 30? ~155 Interceptor & Ground-Support
Chengdu F-7PG 48 2 46 Interceptor
Chengdu FT-5 ~20 0 20+ Fighter Conversion (Advanced Jet Training)
Chengdu FT-6 ~15 0 15+ Fighter Conversion (Advanced Jet Training)
Chengdu FT-7P Skybolt 15  ?? ~15 Training
Chengdu FT-7PG 9 0 9 Training
Chengdu J-10 36  ??  ?? Multi-Role
IPTN CN-235-220 4 0 4 VIP & Light-Lift Transport
Dassault Falcon 20 2 0 2 ELINT/ECM
Dassault Falcon 20 1 0 1 VIP Transport
Dassault Mirage-IIIEP 18 2 16 Interceptor & Ground-Support
Dassault Mirage ROSE-I (Mirage-IIIDP) 5 1 4 Training & Interceptor
Dassault Mirage ROSE-I (Mirage-IIIEA) (Refurbished: Ex-Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), built by Government Aircraft Factories (GAF)) 32 4 28 Interceptor
Dassault Mirage ROSE-II (Mirage-VDF) (Refurbished: Ex-French Air Force) 6 0 6 Training & Strike & Ground-Support
Dassault Mirage ROSE-II (Mirage-VEF) (Refurbished: Ex-French Air Force) 19 3 16 Strike & Ground-Support
Dassault Mirage ROSE-III (Mirage-VEF) (Refurbished: Ex-French Air Force) 14 0 14 Precision Strike
Dassault Mirage-IIIDA (Refurbished: Ex-RAAF), built by GAF 7 0 7 Training
Dassault Mirage-IIIEL (Refurbished: Ex-Lebanese Air Force) 10+1DP 0 11 Interceptor & Ground-Support
Dassault Mirage-IIIRP 13 2 11 Reconnaissance
Dassault Mirage-VPA3 12 3 9 Naval Support
Dassault Mirage-VDPA2  ?? 0 30 Training
Dassault Mirage-VPA 28 0 28 Ground Support
Dassault Mirage-VPA2 18 3 30 Ground Support
Embraer Phenom 300 (4 on order) 0 0 VIP transport
Fokker F27-200 2 0 2 Light Transport
Harbin Y-12 (II) 1 0 1 Light Transport
Hongdu JL-8 30 0 30+ Basic & Intermediate Jet Training
JF-17 Thunder 28 - 4 Multi-Role
Lockheed L-100 Hercules 1 0 1 Medium-Lift Transport
Lockheed C-130B/E Hercules 16 6? ~10 + (6 On Order) Medium-Lift Transport
Cessna T-37 Tweet 20  ?? 20 Basic Jet Training
Lockheed Martin F-16A Block-15 30* 6 24* Multi-Role
Lockheed Martin F-16B Block-15 12 2 10 Training & Multi-Role
Lockheed Martin F-16C Block-52+  ??  ??  ?? Multi-Role
Lockheed Martin F-16D Block-52+  ??  ??  ?? Multi-Role
MFI-17 Mushshak 80 0 80 Primary Training
Nanchang A-5C 52 4 48 Ground-Support & Tactical Strike (Currently being phased out).
Saab 2000 5(order)[1] 0 1 Airborne Early Warning
Beechcraft Super King Air 1 0 1 Light Transport
MFI 395 Super Mushshak 20 0 20 Primary Training
Military of Pakistan

Joint Services Parade in 2005.
Service branches
Headquarters Rawalpindi
Leadership
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Tariq Majid
Secretary of Defense Kamran Rasool
Chief of Army Staff
Chief of Air Staff
Chief of Naval Staff		 Ashfaq Parvez Kayani
Tanvir Mahmood Ahmed
Noman Bashir
Military age 16-49 years old[2]
Available for
military service		 39,028,014 males, age 16-49 (2007 estimate),
36,779,584 females, age 16-49 (2007 estimate)
Fit for
military service		 29,428,747 males, age 16-49 (2007 estimate),
28,391,887 females, age 16-49 (2007 estimate)
Reaching military
age annually		 1,969,055 males (2007 estimate),
1,849,254 females (2007 estimate)
Active personnel 619,000 (ranked 7th)
Reserve personnel 528,500
Expenditures
Budget $4.26 billion (ranked 39th)
Percent of GDP 4.5 (2006 estimate)
Related articles
History Military history of Pakistan
UN peacekeeping missions
Weapons of mass destruction
Ranks Awards and decorations of the Pakistan military

* Includes two upgraded F-16A Block-15 inducted from the US in Dec'2005.

  • ROSE: Retrofit Of Strike Element; is the major (Avionics + Radar) upgrade that the PAF Mirage fleet under went during the 90s.
    • ROSE-I: This included upgraded cockpit instrumentation, Grifo-M Radar and weapons system reconfiguration. (BVR-able).
    • ROSE-II: This included the SAGEM-implemented MAESTRO Nav/Attack System. (Strike).
    • ROSE-III: This included the Sagem MAESTRO Nav/Attack and FLIR. (Precision Strike).

Some 70 of the Mirages have been given ROSE upgrades - allowing them to either perform high-altitude air-superiority missions or specialized surface strike missions. The F-7PGs and F-16s are the PAF's main multirole fighter aircraft - while the F-7P is a limited interceptor/ground-strike aircraft. It is likely, however, that the PAF will procure another 26 F-16A/Bs to start retiring its F-7Ps.

Sources

References

  1. ^ PAF inducts SAAB system into fleet -DAWN - National; April 04, 2008
  2. ^ Persons of 16 years of age with parental permission.

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