Engineering:List of active Pakistan Air Force aircraft

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Below is a list of aircraft currently in active service with the Pakistan Air Force .

|- ! Aircraft ! Manufacturer ! Origin ! Class ! Role ! Introduced ! data-sort-type="number" | In service ! Total ! Notes |- ! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="9" | Combat Aircraft |- |J-10C Vigorous Dragon |CAC |China ||Jet ||Multirole | 11 March 2022[1] |20 |20[2][3] |J-10CE (20 delivered, 16 on order)[2][3] |- |JF-17 Thunder |PAC, CAC |Pakistan / China |Jet |Multirole |18 February 2010[4] |149 |153[5] |JF-17A Block 1 (50)

JF-17A Block 2 (62)

JF-17B Block 2 (26)[6]

JF-17C Block 3 (15 delivered, 35 on order)[7][8]

All Block 1 and 2 JF-17s are planned to be upgraded to Block 3 standard.

|- |F-16 Fighting Falcon |General Dynamics / Lockheed Martin |United States |Jet ||Multirole |15 January 1983[9] |75 |85[10] |F-16A Block 15 MLU (37)[10][11][12][13][14]

F-16B Block 15 MLU (17)[10][11][12][13][15]

F-16A Block 15 ADF (9)[10][13]

F-16B Block 15 ADF (4)[10][13]

F-16C Block 52+ (12)[10][12][13]

F-16D Block 52+ (6)[10][12][13] |- |Mirage III |Dassault |France | Jet | Multirole | 8 March 1968[16] |87[17] |135 | Several variants with extensive Project ROSE upgrades. All Mirage IIIs are planned to be replaced by JF-17s[18] and J-10CEs. |- |Mirage 5 |Dassault |France |Jet | Attack, Reconnaissance | 1970 | 92[17] | 139 | Several variants with extensive Project ROSE upgrades. All Mirage 5s are planned to be replaced by JF-17s[18] and J-10CEs. |- |F-7PG Skybolt |CAC | China |Jet | Interceptor | 2002 | 53 | 60[19] | All F-7PGs/FT-7PGs are planned to be replaced by Block 3 JF-17Cs.[20] |-

|- ! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="9" | Trainer Aircraft |- |Karakorum-8 (K-8)[21] |Hongdu,
PAC | China / Pakistan | Jet | Intermediate Jet Trainer | 1994 |60 |60 |K-8 (12)

K-8P (48) |- |T-37 Tweet |Cessna |United States | Jet | Basic Jet Trainer | 1962 |69 |73 ||T-37B/C. 20 refurbished ex-USAF T-37 delivered by end of 2008 to replace older T-37 or provide parts.[22] T-37 to be eventually replaced with K-8P. On 28 October 2015, the Turkish Air Force transferred 34 T-37Cs to the PAF, including spares. |- | MFI-17 Mushshak | PAC | Pakistan / Sweden | Turboprop | Primary Trainer | 1974 | 145 | 151 | MFI-17 Mushshak (115)

Super Mushshak (30)

Some MFI-17 Mushshaks to be upgraded to Super Mushshak standard.[23] |- ! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="9" | Strategic Airlift & Aerial Refueling Aircraft |- |Il-78 |Ilyushin |Russia | Jet | Strategic Airlift Transporter/Aerial Refueler || 2009 || 4 || 4 | Il-78MP. Dual-role aerial refeulers and freighters. Ex-Ukrainian Air Force .[24][25][26][27][28] |- ! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="9" | Transport Aircraft |- |C-130 Hercules |Lockheed Martin |United States | Turboprop | Tactical Airlift Transporter || 1963 ||23[29][17][30] ||25 | C-130B (5)

C-130E (7)

C-130H (13)

All C-130s overhauled and upgraded by PAC.[31]

Pakistan Air Force had ordered 7 ex-Belgian Air Component refurbished C-130H aircraft in 2019.[32][30] By June 2023, it had inducted all 7 aircraft into its fleet.[29] |- |Saab 2000 |Saab | Sweden | Turboprop | Transport, Training || 2008 || 6[33] || 6 | Also used to train aircrew for the Saab 2000 Erieye AEW&C. Delivered in December 2008. |- | CN-235 | CASA |Spain | Turboprop | Transport || 2004 || 4 | 4 | CN-235-220. 3 medium lift transporters. 1 VIP transporter.[34] |- |Y-12 |Harbin | China | Turboprop | Utility || 1993 || 2[33] || 2 | Y-12II |- | Airbus A319 | Airbus |France | Jet | Multirole || July 2022 || 1 || 1 | A319-112[35][36] Previously operated by Avion Express (Lithuania). |- | Airbus A310 | Airbus |France | Jet | VIP Transport || 2009 || 1 || 1 | A310-304. Previously operated by PIA.[37] |- |Global 6000 |Bombardier | Canada | Jet | VIP Transport || 2022 || 1 || 1 |[38] May be converted to EW, ESM, ECM platform in future.[39] |- |Citation V |Cessna |United States

| Jet | VIP Transport || || 1 || 1 |[40] |- |Gulfstream IV |Gulfstream |United States | Jet | VIP Transport || 2004 || 4[citation needed] || 4 |Gulfstream IV-SP[41] and Gulfstream IV G-450[42] |- |Phenom 100 |Embraer |Brazil | Jet | VIP Transport || 2009 || 4 || 4 |[43][44][45] |- ! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="9" | Airborne Early Warning & Control Aircraft |- |ZDK-03 Karakoram Eagle[46] |Shaanxi | China | Turboprop | AEW&C || 2011 || 4 || 4 | | Developed specifically for the PAF, the ZDK-03 is a modified version of the Shaanxi Y-8F600 medium-range transport aircraft with a Chinese AESA radar and radome mounted on top of the aircraft.[46] Last two ZDK-03s were delivered in 2013.[47] |- |Saab 2000 Erieye[48] |Saab | Sweden | Turboprop | AEW&C || 2011 || 7[49] || 8 || Saab 2000 equipped with the Saab Erieye AEW&C system. Three aircraft were damaged after Minhas airbase attack, of which two aircraft were repaired at PAC. Three more aircraft delivered in 2019. One aircraft lost until date.[50][51] |- ! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="9" | Electronic Warfare Aircraft |- | Falcon DA-20 | Dassault |France | Jet | EW, ESM, ECM || 1986 || 3[33] || 3 | Modified electronic warfare version of the Dassault Falcon 20 business jet. |- ! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="9" | Unmanned Aerial Vehicles |- | Bayraktar Akıncı | Baykar |Turkey | HALE UCAV, UAV | Reconnaissance, Strike || 2023[52] || 1 |1||High-Altitude Long-Endurance (HALE) UCAV. 1 delivered in 2023, 6 on order.[53] |- |Bayraktar TB2 |Baykar | Turkey | MALE UCAV, UAV | Reconnaissance, Strike || 2022[54][55] || Unknown |Unknown|| Medium-Altitude Long-Endurance (MALE) UCAV. Operationalized in January 2022.[56] |- | Wing Loong II | CAIG | China | MALE UCAV, UAV | Reconnaissance, Strike || 2020 || 50 |50|| Medium-Altitude Long-Endurance (MALE) UCAV.[57] |- |Shahpar-II |GIDS |Pakistan | MALE UCAV, UAV | Reconnaissance, Strike || 2021 || Unknown |Unknown|| Medium-Altitude Long-Endurance (MALE) UCAV.[58] |- |Anka |TAI,
NESCOM | Turkey / Pakistan | MALE UCAV, UAV | Reconnaissance, Strike || 2021 || Unknown |Unknown|| Medium-Altitude Long-Endurance (MALE) UCAV. Contract signed between TAI and NESCOM in August 2021 for joint production of Anka UCAVs with technology transfer to Pakistan.[59] |- | Burraq | NESCOM |Pakistan | UCAV, UAV | Reconnaissance, Strike || 2014 || 13 |13|| Used jointly with Pakistan Army.[60] |- |CH-4 Rainbow |CASC | China | UCAV, UAV | Reconnaissance, Strike || 2021[61] || 12-24 |12-24|| CH-4A and CH-4B.[62][63] |- |Falco |Selex ES / PAC |Italy / Pakistan | UAV | Reconnaissance || 2007[64] || 26 |26|| PAF launch customer for Falco UAV in 2007.[64] Manufactured under license at PAC since 2008 with technology transfer to Pakistan.[65] |- |Shahpar |GIDS | Pakistan | UAV | Reconnaissance || 2012[66] || 6 |6||[67] |- |Jasoos II |SATUMA | Pakistan | UAV | Reconnaissance, Training || 2010 || 46 |46|| Bravo+. Primary work horse for UAV Operations and Training Program.[68] |- ! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="9" | Helicopters |- | Mi-17 | Mil |Russia | Helicopter | Transport, Utility || 2010 || 40[citation needed] || |Mil Mi-17-1[69][70] |- | AW139 | AgustaWestland | Italy | Helicopter | SAR, Utility || 2018 || 14 || 14 | AW139M[71][72] |}

See also

References

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