Engineering:List of retired Pakistan Air Force aircraft

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Below is a list of aircraft retired from service from the Pakistan Air Force .

Retired aircraft

|- |Chengdu F-7P Skybolt |  China | Jet | Interceptor | 1988 | 2023 || 120[1] || Replaced by Block 1 and Block 2 JF-17 Thunders[2] |- | SA316 Aérospatiale Alouette III |  France | Helicopter | Search and rescue | 1967 | 2019 || 35 || Replaced by AgustaWestland AW139s[3] |- |Shenyang FT-5 |  China | Jet | Advanced Jet Trainer | 1975 | 2012 || 50 || Replaced by K-8P Karakorums[4] |- | Nanchang A-5III/C |  China | Jet | Attack | 1983 | 2011 | ~55 | Replaced by Block 1 JF-17 Thunders[5] |- |Boeing 707 | United States |Jet | VIP Transport | 1986 | 2008 | 3 | 707-340C and 707-351B.[6] Two aircraft transferred from PIA in 1986. A third aircraft in VIP transport configuration delivered in 1987.[7] One aircraft sold to a private individual in 2008.[8] Two aircraft scrapped in 2008-2009. Replaced by an ex-PIA Airbus A310 in 2009. |- | Shenyang F-6 |  China | Jet | Fighter | 1965 | 2002 | 253 | Replaced by F-7Ps and F-7PGs |- | Mig-19 |  Soviet Union | Jet | Air superiority fighter | 1965 | 2002 || 5 || Replaced by F-7Ps. Received five ex-Indonesian Air Force Mig-19S in December 1965 as part of a friendship deal between Pakistan and Indonesia.[9] |- |Lockheed T-33 |  United States | Jet | Trainer | 1955 | 1993 || 21 || 15 T-33A trainers, 6 RT-33A reconnaissance aircraft. Replaced by T-37s and K-8P Karakorums |- | Kaman HH-43B |  United States | Helicopter | Search and rescue | 1964 | 1993 || 4 ||[10] 4 in service in June 1972[11] and November 1993.[12] |- | Martin B-57 Canberra |  United States | Jet | Bomber | 1959 | 1985 | 28 | 2 x RB-57F and 2 x RB-57B served with No.24 ELINT Squadron.24 served with No.31Wing. |- |Grumman SA-16A Albatross |  United States | Propeller | Patrol | 1950s | 1981 || 4 || Search and Rescue, coastal patrol and maritime reconnaissance.[13] |- | Shenyang JJ-2/FT-2 |  China | Jet | Fighter | 1966 | 1980 || 6[12] | Chinese-built Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 UTI (called U-MiG-15 in the PAF). Replaced by FT-6s. |- |North American F-86 Sabre |  United States | Jet | Fighter | 1955 | 1980 | 210 | 120 x North American F-86F, 90 ex-Iranian Canadair CL-13B Sabre. Replaced by Mirage IIIs and Mirage 5s |- |Lockheed F-104 Starfighter |  United States | Jet | Fighter | 1961 | 1972 || 12 || 10 x F-104A, 2 x F-104B.[citation needed] under Royal Pakistan Air Scouts |- |Sikorsky H-19D |  United States | Helicopter | Search and rescue | 1950s | 1971 || 8 || First helicopter operated by the PAF. |- |North American T-6 Harvard
T-6G |  United States | Propeller | Trainer | 1947 | 1970s || 12 || Introduced on formation of the Royal Pakistan Air Force. |- |Hawker Siddeley Trident
Trident 1E |  United Kingdom | Jet | Transport | 1967 | 1970 || 4 || VIP transport. |- |Harbin H-5 |  China | Jet | Bomber | 1966 | 1969 | 16 || Chinese-built Ilyushin Il-28, designated B-56 in the PAF. 16 aircraft[11] |- |Bristol Freighter |  United Kingdom | Propeller | Transport | 1950s | 1966 || 81 || |- |Hawker Sea Fury |  United Kingdom | Propeller | Fighter | 1949 | 1963 || ~97 || ~92 x FB 60. 5 x T-61 two-seat trainers.[14] Replaced by F-104 Starfighters |- |Vickers VC.1 Viking |  United Kingdom | Propeller | Transport | 1947 | 1962 || 1 || VIP transport. Preserved in the PAF Museum.[15] |- |Supermarine Attacker F Mk.1 |  United Kingdom | Jet | Fighter | 1951 | 1958 || 36 ||.[16] "De-navalised" Attacker with tail hook removed and wings "locked down".[17] First jet fighter in PAF service. |- |de Havilland Tiger Moth |  United Kingdom | Propeller | Trainer | 1947 | 1957 || 7 || Biplane. Introduced on formation of the Royal Pakistan Air Force. |- |Hawker Tempest II |  United Kingdom | Propeller | Fighter | 1947 | 1956 || 16 || Received on formation of the Royal Pakistan Air Force. |- |Douglas Dakota |  United States | Propeller | Transport | 1947 | 1955 || 2 || Introduced on formation of the Royal Pakistan Air Force. |- |Handley Page Halifax |  United Kingdom | Propeller | Bomber | 1948 | 1954 | 16 | |- |Supermarine Spitfire Mk VIII |  United Kingdom | Propeller | Fighter | 1947 | 1947 || || |- |Bell H-13 Sioux |  United States | Helicopter | Light observation | | || ~13 || [11][18] |}

See also

References

  1. ↑ "J-7 / F-7 Fighter Aircraft, China". https://www.airforce-technology.com/projects/j7f7fighteraircraft/. 
  2. ↑ "Pride of Pakistan". https://www.airinternational.com/article/pride-pakistan?fbclid=IwAR1OY2lhECTQg9yMIcMen95NrXNTXll1O2dS89oE5qfZvEE6K-xPIAht-wo. 
  3. ↑ "AW139: The Pakistan Air Force's New Mainstay SAR Helicopter". 22 October 2019. https://quwa.org/2019/10/22/aw139-the-pakistan-air-forces-new-mainstay-sar-helicopter/. 
  4. ↑ Reporter, The Newspaper's Staff (January 5, 2012). "PAF grounds ageing trainer aircraft". https://www.dawn.com/2012/01/05/paf-grounds-ageing-trainer-aircraft/. 
  5. ↑ "No 26 Squadron of PAF Re-equips with New JF-17 Thunder Aircraft, Islamabad". Pakistan Air Force. 11 April 2011. http://paf.gov.pk/11New_JF17_Sqn.html. 
  6. ↑ https://www.airliners.net/photo/Pakistan-Air-Force/Boeing-707-340C/6812591?qsp=eJwtjbEOwjAQQ3%2BlupkNxNCtDKx04AdOFwuilia6Owmiqv9OUthsP8teSdLi%2BPi9ZFBPBlZ50oEyK7%2BM%2BpUmlHfSUDWNPEVzXrohandNKqhNS%2BqXUmlgxyCC7Aj//KYB2hBM9tFHOzk1CR1/7niuNkTLM%2B8rcI4zbdsXIIUzaA%3D%3D
  7. ↑ 1986 | 3217 | Flight Archive. Flightglobal.com (29 November 1986). Retrieved on 2012-07-01.
  8. ↑ "PAF VVIP Boeing 707 aircraft sold for Rs 8.4 million". Pakistan Today. 1 September 2013. http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2013/09/01/news/national/paf-vvip-boeing-707-aircraft-sold-for-rs-8-4-million/. 
  9. ↑ AVM (R) Ikramullah Bhatti (27 July 2020). "Faithful Warrior". Second To None (Directorate of Media Affairs Pakistan Air Force). https://secondtononepaf.com/2020/07/27/faithful-warrior/. Retrieved 27 August 2022. 
  10. ↑ "Pakistan's Air Power", Flight International (Flightglobal.com) 95 (3123): 90, 16 January 1969, http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1969/1969%20-%201279.html, retrieved 1 July 2012 
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 "Pakistan", Flight International: p. 953, 29 June 1972, http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1972/1972%20-%201664.html  Flightglobal.com. Retrieved on 2012-07-01.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 1993 | 2809 | Flight Archive. Flightglobal.com (1993-11-30). Retrieved on 2012-07-01.
  13. ↑ "The Albatross - Jul ,1954". Archived from the original on 9 October 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20111009063007/http://pafmuseum.com.pk/historic-events/Pre-1965/The-Albatross.htm. Retrieved 14 October 2009. 
  14. ↑ THE FIRST FIGHTER TRAINER 1950. paf.gov.pk
  15. ↑ "Viking - 1947". Archived from the original on 9 October 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20111009063024/http://pafmuseum.com.pk/historic-events/Pre-1965/Viking.htm. 
  16. ↑ Bingham, Victor. Supermarine Fighter Aircraft page 109. Ramsbury, UK: The Crowood Press, 2004. ISBN:1-86126-649-9. (Info. and ref. found in Wikipedia's Supermarine Attacker article.)
  17. ↑ south marston | pakistan | commissioner | 1953 | 0322 | Flight Archive. Flightglobal.com. Retrieved on 2012-07-01.
  18. ↑ "Worlds Air Forces", Flight International (Flightglobal.com) 99 (3250): 935, 24 June 1971, http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1971/1971%20-%201052.html, retrieved 1 July 2012 



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