Engineering:List of active Pakistan Air Force aircraft
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
- List of retired Pakistan Air Force aircraft
- List of Pakistan Air Force Squadrons
- Pakistan Army Aviation Corps
- Pakistan Naval Air Arm
References
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