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{{Pakistan Air Force}}
{{Pakistan Air Force}}
Below is a list of aircraft currently in active service with the [[Pakistan Air Force]].
Below is a list of aircraft currently in active service with the [[Pakistan Air Force]].
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{| class="wikitable"
! style="text-align:center; background:#acc;" |Aircraft
! style="text-align: center; background:#acc;" |Origin
! style="text-align:l center; background:#acc;" |Type
! style="text-align:left; background:#acc;" |Variant
! style="text-align:center; background:#acc;" |In service
! style="text-align: center; background:#acc;" |Notes
|-
|-
! Aircraft
! colspan="7" style="align: center; background: lavender;" |[[Military aircraft|Combat Aircraft]]
! Manufacturer
! Origin
! Class
! Role
! Introduced
! data-sort-type="number" | In service
! Total
! Notes
|-
|-
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="9" | [[Combat aircraft|Combat Aircraft]]
|[[Chengdu J-7]]
|[[China]]
|interceptor
|F-7PG Skybolt
|135<ref name="World Air Forces 202422">{{cite report |url=https://www.flightglobal.com/download?ac=98881 |title=World Air Forces 2024 |last1=Hoyle |first1=Craig |date=December 2023 |publisher=Flight Global Insight |location=London |page= |access-date=12 December 2023 |website=FlightGlobal}}</ref><ref name="World Air Forces 20242">{{cite report |url=https://www.flightglobal.com/download?ac=98881 |title=World Air Forces 2024 |last1=Hoyle |first1=Craig |date=December 2023 |publisher=Flight Global Insight |location=London |page=12 |access-date=12 December 2023 |website=FlightGlobal}}</ref>
|
|-
|-
|[[J-10 Vigorous Dragon|J-10C Vigorous Dragon]]
|[[Chengdu J-10]]
|[[Chengdu Aerospace Corporation|CAC]]
|[[China]]
|[[China]]
||[[Jet aircraft|Jet]]
|multirole
||[[Multirole combat aircraft|Multirole]]
|
| 11 March 2022<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/pakistan-inducts-china-made-j-10c-fighter-jets-into-paf/article65214438.ece |title= Pakistan inducts China-made J-10C fighter jets into PAF | date=11 March 2022|access-date= 4 January 2024|publisher=The Hindu}}</ref>
|18<ref name="World Air Forces 202422" /><ref name="World Air Forces 20242" />
|20
|7 on order<ref name="World Air Forces 202422" /><ref name="World Air Forces 20242" />
|20<ref name="pakistantoday.com.pk">{{cite web | url=https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2021/12/30/pakistan-acquires-squadron-of-elite-j-10c-fighter-reports/ | title=Pakistan acquires squadron of elite J-10C fighter: Reports | date=30 December 2021 }}</ref><ref name="defenseworld.net">{{cite web | url=https://www.defenseworld.net/news/31096/Pakistan_Orders_36_Chinese_J_10C_Fighters | title=Defense World }}</ref>
|J-10CE (20 delivered, 16 on order)<ref name="pakistantoday.com.pk"/><ref name="defenseworld.net"/>
|-
|-
|[[PAC/CAC JF-17 Thunder|JF-17 Thunder]]
|[[Dassault Mirage III]]
|[[Pakistan Aeronautical Complex|PAC]], [[Chengdu Aerospace Corporation|CAC]]
|[[France]]
|[[Pakistan]] / [[China]]
|multirole
|[[Jet aircraft|Jet]]
|IEP/OF/RP
|[[Multirole combat aircraft|Multirole]]
|69<ref name="World Air Forces 202422" /><ref name="World Air Forces 20242" />
|18 February 2010<ref>{{cite web | url=http://pk.china-embassy.gov.cn/eng/zbgx/201002/t20100219_1133169.htm | title=First Squadron of JF-17 Thunder inducted in PAF |website=pk.china-embassy.gov.cn}}</ref>
|
|-
|152
|156<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://quwa.org/2019/05/26/pakistan-air-force-cas-outlines-next-procurement-steps-2/|title=Pakistan Air Force CAS Outlines Next Procurement Steps|date=26 May 2019}}</ref>
|[[Dassault Mirage 5]]
|JF-17A Block 1 (50)
|[[France]]

|attack
JF-17A Block 2 (62)
|EF/F/PA

|90<ref name="World Air Forces 202422" /><ref name="World Air Forces 20242" />
JF-17B Block 2 (26)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/pac-kamra-rolls-out-final-14-jf-17b-fighters-for-pakistan-air-force | title=PAC Kamra rolls out final 14 JF-17B fighters for Pakistan Air Force |website=www.janes.com}}</ref>
|

JF-17C Block 3 (18 delivered,{{efn|"JF-17C Block 3 (Serial No. 23-318) can be seen participating in an International Air Show indicating that at least 18 aircraft of the Block 3 variant are operational as of 7 February, 2024."<ref>{{cite web |url= https://twitter.com/DGPR_PAF/status/1755200680195760284?t=CcF2BshXk9gAMuKUVlxHSA&s=19 |title= PAF'S JF-17 THUNDER BLOCK-III FIGHTER JET PARTICIPATES IN WORLD DEFENCE AIR SHOW-2024 |date= 7 February 2024 |access-date= 21 March 2024}}</ref>}} 32 on order)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://eurasiantimes.com/pakistan-inducts-jf-17-block-3-fighter-jet-into-its-black-panthers/?amp | title=Pakistan Inducts JF-17 Block 3 Fighter Jets Into Its 'Black Panthers' Squadron After Acquiring 'Cutting-Edge' J-10C | date=March 5, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/pakistan-first-jf17bl3-squadron-j20-dna | title=Military Watch Magazine }}</ref>

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

|-
|-
|[[General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon|F-16 Fighting Falcon]]
|[[General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon|F-16 Fighting Falcon]]
|[[General Dynamics]] / [[Lockheed Martin]]
|[[United States]]
|[[United States]]
|[[Jet aircraft|Jet]]
|multirole
||[[Multirole combat aircraft|Multirole]]
|A/C
|15 January 1983<ref>{{cite web | url=https://stratagem.pk/setting-the-record-straight/pakistan-air-force-love-f-16/ | title=Why does Pakistan Air Force love the F-16? | date=11 April 2016 }}</ref>
|44<ref name="World Air Forces 202422" /><ref name="World Air Forces 20242" />
|
|75
|85<ref name="F16 database">{{cite web|url=https://www.f-16.net/aircraft-database/F-16/serials-and-inventory/airforce/PAF/|title=F-16 Aircraft Database – Pakistan|website=www.f-16.ne}}</ref>
|F-16AM Block 15 MLU (31)<ref name="F16 database"/><ref name="nationalinterest.org">{{cite web | url=https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/inside-combat-history-pakistani-air-forces-f-16-fleet-194591 | title=Inside the Combat History of the Pakistani Air Force's F-16 Fleet | date=30 September 2021 }}</ref><ref name="globalsecurity.org">{{cite web | url=https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/pakistan/f-16.htm | title=F-16 |website=www.globalsecurity.org}}</ref><ref name="defenseindustrydaily.com">{{cite web | url=https://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/51b-proposed-in-sales-upgrades-weapons-for-pakistans-f16s-02396/ | title=Billions to Upgrade and Up-arm Pakistans F-16s |website=www.defenseindustrydaily.com}}</ref><ref name="auto1">{{cite web | url=https://www.f-16.net/f-16_versions_article2.html | title=F-16.net - the ultimate F-16, F-22, F-35 reference|website=www.f-16.ne }}</ref>

F-16BM Block 15 MLU (23)<ref name="F16 database"/><ref name="nationalinterest.org"/><ref name="globalsecurity.org"/><ref name="defenseindustrydaily.com"/><ref name="auto1"/>

F-16A Block 15 ADF (9)<ref name="F16 database"/><ref name="defenseindustrydaily.com"/>

F-16B Block 15 ADF (4)<ref name="F16 database"/><ref name="defenseindustrydaily.com"/>

F-16C Block 52+ (12)<ref name="F16 database"/><ref name="globalsecurity.org"/><ref name="defenseindustrydaily.com"/>

F-16D Block 52+ (6)<ref name="F16 database"/><ref name="globalsecurity.org"/><ref name="defenseindustrydaily.com"/>
|-
|-
|[[CAC/PAC JF-17 Thunder|JF-17 Thunder]]
|[[Dassault Mirage III|Mirage III]]
|[[China]]
|[[Dassault]]
|multirole
|
|121<ref name="World Air Forces 202422" /><ref name="World Air Forces 20242" />
|
|-
! colspan="7" style="align: center; background: lavender;" |[[Airborne early warning and control|AEW&C]]
|-
|[[Saab 2000]]
|[[Sweden]]
|AEW&C
|Erieye
|5<ref name="World Air Forces 202422" /><ref name="World Air Forces 20242" />
|
|-
|[[Shaanxi Y-8]]
|[[China]]
|AEW&C
|ZDK-03
|4<ref name="World Air Forces 202422" /><ref name="World Air Forces 20242" />
|
|-
! colspan="7" style="align: center; background: lavender;" |[[Electronic warfare|Electronic Warfare]]
|-
|[[Dassault Falcon 20]]
|[[France]]
|[[France]]
| [[Jet aircraft|Jet]]
|EW
| [[Multirole combat aircraft|Multirole]]
|Falcon 20F
| 8 March 1968<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eas4b9xJ5Uo | title=On this day 55 years ago, the first batch of Mirage aircraft was inducted into Pakistan Air Force | website=[[YouTube]] }}</ref>
|2<ref name="World Air Forces 202422" /><ref name="World Air Forces 20242" />
|87<ref name="World Air Forces 2022">{{cite web |url= https://www.flightglobal.com/download?ac=83735|title = World Air Forces 2022|publisher= Flightglobal Insight |year= 2021 |access-date= 24 November 2022|url-access=registration}}</ref>
|
|
|135
| Several variants with extensive [[Project ROSE]] upgrades. All Mirage IIIs being replaced by Block 3 JF-17Cs<ref name="france24.com">{{cite web | url=https://www.france24.com/en/20180429-thrifty-50-pakistan-keeps-ageing-mirages-flying | title=Thrifty at 50: Pakistan keeps ageing Mirages flying | date=29 April 2018 }}</ref> and J-10CEs.
|-
|-
|[[Dassault Mirage 5|Mirage 5]]
! colspan="7" style="align: center; background: lavender;" |[[Aerial refueling|Tanker]]
|[[Dassault]]
|France
|[[Jet aircraft|Jet]]
| [[Attack aircraft|Attack]], [[Reconnaissance aircraft|Reconnaissance]]
| 1970
| 92<ref name="World Air Forces 2022" />
| 139
| Several variants with extensive [[Project ROSE]] upgrades. All Mirage 5s being replaced by Block 3 JF-17Cs<ref name="france24.com"/> and J-10CEs.
|-
|-
|[[Ilyushin Il-78]]
|[[Chengdu F-7|F-7PG Skybolt]]
|[[Chengdu Aerospace Corporation|CAC]]
|[[Russia]]
| China
|tanker
|[[Jet aircraft|Jet]]
|
| [[interceptor aircraft|Interceptor]]
|4<ref name="World Air Forces 202422" /><ref name="World Air Forces 20242" />
| 2002
|
|
| 53
| 60<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.airforce-technology.com/projects/j7f7fighteraircraft/ | title=J-7 / F-7 Fighter Aircraft }}</ref>
|
All F-7PGs/FT-7PGs being replaced by Block 3 JF-17Cs.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofislamabad.com/25-Jan-2019/pakistan-air-force-to-replace-entire-f17-fighter-jets | title=Pakistan Air Force to replace entire F-7P fleet with JF17 Fighter Jets | date=25 January 2019 }}</ref>
|-
|-
! colspan="7" style="align: center; background: lavender;" |[[Transport aircraft|Transport]]
|-
|-
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="9" | [[Trainer (aircraft)|Trainer Aircraft]]
|[[Airbus A310]]
|[[Europe]]
|VIP
|
|1<ref name=":8522">{{Cite book |last= |first= |title=The Military Balance 2024 |publisher=International Institute for Strategic Studies |year=2024 |isbn=9781032780047 |location= |pages=304}}</ref><ref name=":852">{{Cite book |last= |first= |title=The Military Balance 2024 |publisher=International Institute for Strategic Studies |year=2024 |isbn=9781032780047 |location= |pages=304}}</ref>
|
|
|-
|-
|[[Hongdu JL-8|Karakorum-8 (K-8)]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pac.org.pk/k-8 |title=Pakistan Aeronautical Complex Kamra – Karakoram-8 (K-8) Aircraft |publisher=Pac.org.pk |accessdate=2022-09-16}}</ref>
|[[Airbus A319]]
|[[Hongdu]],<br />[[Pakistan Aeronautical Complex|PAC]]
|[[Europe]]
| China / Pakistan
|VIP
| [[Jet aircraft|Jet]]
|
| [[Trainer aircraft|Intermediate Jet Trainer]]
|1<ref name="World Air Forces 202422" /><ref name="World Air Forces 20242" />
| 1994
|
|60
|60
|K-8 (12)

K-8P (48)
|-
|[[Cessna T-37 Tweet|T-37 Tweet]]
|[[Cessna]]
|United States
| [[Jet aircraft|Jet]]
| [[Trainer aircraft|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2008/08/21/315034/pakistan-to-receive-more-t-37-trainers.html|title=Pakistan to receive more T-37 trainers|last=Govindasamy|first=Siva|date=2008-08-21|work=Flight International|publisher=flightglobal.com|access-date=10 July 2010}}</ref> 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.
|-
|-
| [[PAC MFI-17 Mushshak|MFI-17 Mushshak]]
|[[Beechcraft Super King Air]]
| [[Pakistan Aeronautical Complex|PAC]]
|[[United States]]
| [[Pakistan]] / [[Sweden]]
|utility
| [[Turboprop]]
|King Air 350
| [[Trainer aircraft|Primary Trainer]]
|2<ref name="World Air Forces 202422" /><ref name="World Air Forces 20242" />
| 1974
|
| 145
| 151
| MFI-17 Mushshak (115)
Super Mushshak (30)
Some MFI-17 Mushshaks to be upgraded to Super Mushshak standard.<ref>[http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/2004/2004-09%20-%202371.html?search=Pakistan%20JF-17 air force | combat aircraft | super lynx | 2004 | 09–2371 | Flight Archive]. Flightglobal.com (22 November 2004). Retrieved on 2012-07-01.</ref>
|-
|-
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="9" | [[Strategic airlift|Strategic Airlift]] & [[Aerial refueling|Aerial Refueling Aircraft]]
|[[Bombardier Global Express]]
|Canada
|VIP
|
|1<ref name=":8522" /><ref name=":852" />
|
|-
|-
|[[CASA/IPTN CN-235|CASA CN-235]]
|[[Ilyushin Il-78|Il-78]]
|[[Spain]]
|[[Ilyushin]]
|[[Russia]]
|transport
| [[Jet aircraft|Jet]]
|CN-235M-220
| Strategic [[Airlift]] Transporter/[[Aerial refueling|Aerial Refueler]] || 2009 || 4 || 4
|3<ref name="World Air Forces 202422" /><ref name="World Air Forces 20242" />
| Il-78MP. Dual-role aerial refeulers and freighters. Ex-[[Ukrainian Air Force]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.defenseworld.net/news/29831/Ukrainian_Firm_Signs_Contract_to_Repair_Pakistani_IL_78_Refueling_Aircraft#.YhhL0-hBxPY|title=Ukrainian Firm Signs Contract to Repair Pakistani IL-78 Refueling Aircraft|date=17 June 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.key.aero/view_news.asp?ID=1310&thisSection=military%7B%7BPERIOD%7D%7D|title=Pakistan's Midas touch|last=Parsons|first=Gary|date=21 December 2009|publisher=Keypublishing|access-date=22 May 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111071232/http://www.key.aero/view_news.asp?ID=1310&thisSection=military%7B%7BPERIOD%7D%7D|archive-date=11 January 2012}}</ref><ref>http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?i=3850339 {{dead link|date=July 2012}}</ref><ref>[http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/Pakistan-Receiving-IL-78-Refueling-aircraft-05191/ Pakistan Receiving IL-78 Refueling aircraft]. Defenseindustrydaily.com (8 December 2008). Retrieved on 2012-07-01.</ref><ref>[http://www.defencetalk.com/paf-to-acquire-ilyushin-il-78-aircraft-by-2010-21071/ PAF to Acquire Ilyushin Il-78 aircraft by 2010 | Aviation & Air Force News at DefenceTalk]. Defencetalk.com (11 August 2009). Retrieved on 2012-07-01.</ref>
|
|-
|-
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="9" | [[Military transport aircraft|Transport Aircraft]]
|[[Cessna 208 Caravan|Cessna 208]]
|[[United States]]
|utility
|Cessna 208B
|2<ref name=":8522" /><ref name=":852" />
|
|-
|-
|[[Lockheed C-130 Hercules|C-130 Hercules]]
|[[Cessna Citation V]]
|[[United States]]
|[[Lockheed Martin]]
|United States
|VIP
| [[Turboprop]]
|
| Tactical [[Airlift]] Transporter || 1963 ||23<ref name="C-130 aircraft bought from Belgium inducted into PAF fleet">{{cite web | url=https://urdu.dunyanews.tv/index.php/ur/Business/731170/ | title=C-130 aircraft bought from Belgium inducted into PAF fleet | date=11 June 2023 }}</ref><ref name="World Air Forces 2022" /><ref name="Pakistan to procure Belgian C-130">{{cite web | url=
|1<ref name=":8522" /><ref name=":852" />
https://pakstrategic.com/2022/06/20/pakistan-to-procure-belgian-c-130/#:~:text=The%20Pakistan%20Air%20Force%20has,of%20Pakistan's%20military%20airlift%20capability. | title=Pakistan to procure Belgian C-130 | date=2 August 2022 }}</ref> ||25
|
| C-130B (5)
|-

|[[Dassault Falcon 20]]
C-130E (7)
|[[United States]]

|VIP
C-130H (13)
|Falcon 20E

|1<ref name=":8522" /><ref name=":852" />
All C-130s overhauled and upgraded by [[Pakistan Aeronautical Complex|PAC]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.geo.tv/latest/134323-Pakistan-Air-Force-achieves-milestone-by-completing-overhaul-of-50th-C-130 | title=Pakistan Air Force achieves milestone by completing overhaul of 50th C-130 }}</ref>
|

|-
[[Pakistan Air Force|PAF]] had ordered 7 ex-[[Belgian Air Component]] refurbished C-130H aircraft in 2019.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.scramble.nl/military-news/pakistan-increases-transport-capacity | title=Pakistan increases transport capacity | date=2 August 2022 }}</ref><ref name="Pakistan to procure Belgian C-130"/> By June 2023, it had inducted all 7 aircraft into its fleet.<ref name="C-130 aircraft bought from Belgium inducted into PAF fleet"/>
|[[Embraer Phenom 100]]
|[[United States]]
|VIP
|
|4<ref name=":8522" /><ref name=":852" />
|
|-
|[[Fokker F27 Friendship|Fokker F.27]]
|[[Netherlands]]
|transport
|F-27-200
|1<ref name=":8522" /><ref name=":852" />
|
|-
|[[Gulfstream IV]]
|[[United States]]
|VIP
|SP
|2<ref name=":8522" /><ref name=":852" />
|
|-
|[[Harbin Y-12]]
|[[China]]
|utility
|
|2<ref name="World Air Forces 202422" /><ref name="World Air Forces 20242" />
|
|-
|[[Lockheed C-130 Hercules|Lockheed C-130]]
|[[United States]]
|transport
|C-130H/E
|18<ref name="World Air Forces 20242" />
|
|-
|[[Lockheed L-100 Hercules|Lockheed L-100]]
|[[United States]]
|transport
|L-100-20
|1<ref name=":8522" /><ref name=":852" />
|
|-
|-
|[[Saab 2000]]
|[[Saab 2000]]
|[[Sweden]]
|[[Saab AB|Saab]]
| Sweden
|utility
| [[Turboprop]]
|
| [[Transport]], [[Training]] || 2008 || 7<ref name="World Air Forces 2024">{{cite web |url= https://www.flightglobal.com/download?ac=98881 |title = World Air Forces 2024|publisher= Flightglobal Insight |year= 2024 |access-date= 10 April 2024|url-access=registration}}</ref> || 7
|1<ref name="World Air Forces 202422" /><ref name="World Air Forces 20242" />
| Also used to train aircrew for the Saab 2000 Erieye AEW&C. Delivered in December 2008.
|
|-
|-
|[[Harbin Y-12|Y-12]]
! colspan="7" style="align: center; background: lavender;" |[[Helicopter]]
|[[Harbin Aircraft Industry Group|Harbin]]
| China
| [[Turboprop]]
| [[Utility aircraft|Utility]] || 1993 || 2<ref name="World Air Forces 2024"/> || 2
| Y-12II
|-
|-
|[[AgustaWestland AW139]]
| [[Airbus A319]]
|[[Italy]]
| [[Airbus]]
|France
|utility
| [[Jet aircraft|Jet]]
|
| Multirole || July 2022 || 1 || 1
|12<ref name="World Air Forces 202422" /><ref name="World Air Forces 20242" />
| A319-112<ref name="World Air Forces 2024"/><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.airliners.net/photo/Pakistan-Air-Force/Airbus-A319-112/7022361?qsp=eJxVjT0OwjAMha9SeWaiokO3MrDSgQtYjgVRSxPZliCqenecdmLz8/d%2BVqC0GH/tUTJDD8oo9IITZBR8K/QrBDQeiDgbB3e03cXxxOWTJLgBRpyiGi7NEKW5JSF2rknsWpz%2BpY//XQJLRay0Lz3r8rmeLOOh2s5liJpn3FvYMM6wbT9fkDmp | title=Aviation Photo #7022361: Airbus A319-112 - Pakistan - Air Force }}</ref> Previously operated by Avion Express (Lithuania).
|
|-
|-
|[[Bombardier Global 6000|Global 6000]]
|[[Aérospatiale Alouette III|Alouette III]]
|[[Bombardier Inc.|Bombardier]]
|[[France]]
| [[Canada]]
|utility / trainer
| [[Jet aircraft|Jet]]
|SE3160
| VIP Transport || 2022 || 1 || 1
|10<ref name="World Air Forces 202422" /><ref name="World Air Forces 20242" />
|<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.airliners.net/photo/Pakistan-Air-Force/Bombardier-Global-6000-BD-700-1A10/7022381?qsp=eJwtjbEOwjAQQ3%2BlupkJJIZuZWClAz9wulgQtTTR3UkQVf13ksJm%2B1n2SpIWx8fvJYN6MrDKkw6UWfll1K80obyThqpp5Cma89INUbtrUkFtWlK/lEoDOwYRZEf45zcN0IZgso8%2B2smxSej4c6dztSFannlfgXOcadu%2BIDkzZg%3D%3D | title=Aviation Photo #7022381: Bombardier Global 6000 (BD-700-1A10) - Pakistan - Air Force }}</ref> May be converted to [[Electronic warfare|EW]], [[Electronic Support Measures|ESM]], [[Electronic countermeasures|ECM]] platform in future.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.currentaffairs.com.pk/new-aircraft-for-pakistan-air-force/|title=New Aircraft for Pakistan Air Force|date=2 January 2022|accessdate=1 April 2024}}</ref>
|
|-
|-
|[[Bell 204/205|Bell 205]]
|[[Cessna Citation V|Citation V]]
|[[United States]]
|[[Cessna]]
|United States
|utility

|
| [[Jet aircraft|Jet]]
|4<ref name="World Air Forces 202422" /><ref name="World Air Forces 20242" />
| VIP Transport || || 1 || 1
|
|<ref name="ReferenceA">[http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/2004/2004-09%20-%202372.html bell | cessna | lockheed jetstar | 2004 | 09–2372 | Flight Archive]. Flightglobal.com (22 November 2004). Retrieved on 2012-07-01.</ref>
|-
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|[[Bell 412]]
|[[Gulfstream IV]]
|[[Gulfstream Aerospace|Gulfstream]]
|[[United States]]
|United States
|utility
| [[Jet aircraft|Jet]]
|
| VIP Transport || 2004 || 2 || 2
|1<ref name="World Air Forces 202422" /><ref name="World Air Forces 20242" />
|Gulfstream IV-SP<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.airliners.net/photo/Pakistan-Air-Force/Gulfstream-Aerospace-G-IV-Gulfstream-IV-SP/6744749?qsp=eJwtjbEOwjAQQ3%2BlupkNwdCtDKx04AdOFwuilia6Owmiqv9OUthsP8teSdLi%2BPi9ZFBPBlZ50oEyK7%2BM%2BpUmlHfSUDWNPEVzXrohandNKqhNS%2BqXUmlgxyCC7Aj//KYB2hBM9tFHOzk1CR1/7niuNkTLM%2B8rcI4zbdsXIKszaQ%3D%3D | title=Aviation Photo #6744749: Gulfstream Aerospace G-IV Gulfstream IV-SP - Pakistan - Air Force }}</ref> and Gulfstream IV G-450<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.airliners.net/photo/Pakistan-Air-Force/Gulfstream-Aerospace-G-IV-X-Gulfstream-G450/6828151?qsp=eJxVjT0OwjAMha9SeWYrdOhWBlY6cAHLsSBqaSLbEkRV747TTmx%2B/t7PCpQW4689SmboQRmFXnCCjIJvhX6FgMYDEWfj4I62uzieuHySBDfAiFNUw6UZojS3JMTONYldi9O/9PG/S2CpiJX2pWddPteTZTxU27kMUfOMewsbxhm27Qdf3Dmr | title=Aviation Photo #6828151: Gulfstream Aerospace G-IV-X Gulfstream G450 - Pakistan - Air Force }}</ref>
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|[[Embraer Phenom 100|Phenom 100]]
|[[Mil Mi-17]]
|[[Russia]]
|[[Embraer]]
|[[Brazil]]
|transport
| [[Jet aircraft|Jet]]
|Mil Mi-171
| VIP Transport || 2009 || 4 || 4
|6<ref name="World Air Forces 202422" /><ref name="World Air Forces 20242" />
|<ref>[http://www.aero-news.net/getmorefromann.cfm?do=main.textpost&id=c33433a3-c998-491a-9798-2ed577a9dff0 Embraer Delivers Phenom 100 To Pakistan's Air Force]. aero-news.net (26 March 2009).</ref><ref>"Embraer makes first foray into Pakistan", ''[[Flight International]]'', date published: 31 March 2009</ref><ref>[http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2009/03/26/324334/pakistan-air-force-receives-first-phenom-100-very-light.html "Pakistan air force receives first Phenom 100 very light jet"]. Flightglobal.com (26 March 2009). Retrieved on 2012-07-01.</ref>
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! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="9" | [[Airborne early warning and control|Airborne Early Warning & Control Aircraft]]
|[[Aérospatiale SA 330 Puma|SA 330 Puma]]
|[[France]]
|transport
|
|1<ref name="World Air Forces 202422" /><ref name="World Air Forces 20242" />
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|-
|-
|[[Saab 2000]] [[Erieye]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.saab.com/products/saab-2000-erieye-aewc | title=Saab 2000 Erieye AEW&C &#124; Saab }}</ref>
! colspan="7" style="align: center; background: lavender;" |[[Trainer aircraft|Trainer]]
|[[Saab AB|Saab]]
| Sweden
| [[Turboprop]]
| [[AEW&C]] || 2011 || 9 || 10 || 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 [[Pakistan Aeronautical Complex|PAC]]. Fleet restored to four aircraft by 2016 by acquiring an additional aircraft. Three more aircraft delivered in 2019. Two more ordered in 2020 and delivered by 2023. One aircraft lost until date.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://quwa.org/2024/03/24/pakistans-push-to-replace-legacy-air-platforms-2/ |title = PAKISTAN’S PUSH TO REPLACE LEGACY AIR PLATFORMS |date= 24 March 2024 |access-date= 10 April 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= https://defencesecurityasia.com/en/pakistan-saab-erieye-aewc/ |title = Pakistan Boosts Saab 2000 ‘Erieye’ AEW&C Fleet, Nine Aircraft Currently |date= 29 January 2024 |access-date= 10 April 2024}}</ref>
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! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="9" | [[Electronic-warfare aircraft|Electronic Warfare Aircraft]]
|[[Cessna T-37 Tweet]]
|[[United States]]
|jet trainer
|
|28<ref name="World Air Forces 202422" /><ref name="World Air Forces 20242" />
|
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|-
| [[Dassault Falcon 20|Falcon DA-20]]
|[[Chengdu J-7]]
|[[China]]
| [[Dassault]]
|France
|conversion trainer
| [[Jet aircraft|Jet]]
|FT-7
|5<ref name="World Air Forces 202422" /><ref name="World Air Forces 20242" />
| [[Electronic warfare|EW]], [[Electronic Support Measures|ESM]], [[Electronic countermeasures|ECM]] || 1986 || 3<ref name="World Air Forces 2024"/> || 3
| Modified electronic warfare version of the Dassault Falcon 20 business jet.
|
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! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="9" | [[Unmanned Aerial Vehicles]]
|[[Dassault Mirage III]]
|[[France]]
|conversion trainer
|IBE/D/DP
|18<ref name="World Air Forces 202422" /><ref name="World Air Forces 20242" />
|
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|-
|-
|[[Dassault Mirage 5]]
| [[Bayraktar Akıncı]]
|[[France]]
| [[Baykar]]
|[[Turkey]]
|conversion trainer
| [[High-altitude platform station|HALE]] [[UCAV]], [[UAV]]
|DPA2
| Reconnaissance, Strike || 2023<ref>https://www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/pakistan-air-force-showcases-new-fleet-of-turkish-drones/3092071 {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}</ref> || 1
|2<ref name="World Air Forces 202422" /><ref name="World Air Forces 20242" />
|1||High-Altitude Long-Endurance (HALE) UCAV. 1 delivered in 2023, 6 on order.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.yenisafak.com/en/technology/game-of-drones-pakistani-pilots-operating-turkish-made-akinci-ucavs-get-shiny-new-patch-3663034|title=Game of Drones: Pakistani pilots operating Turkish-made Akıncı UCAVs get shiny new patch &#124; Product News|first=Yeni|last=Şafak|website=Yeni Şafak|accessdate=1 April 2024}}</ref>
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|-
|-
|[[Baykar Bayraktar TB2|Bayraktar TB2]]
|[[General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon|F-16 Fighting Falcon]]
|[[United States]]
|[[Baykar]]
| Turkey
|conversion trainer
| [[Medium-Altitude Long-Endurance|MALE]] [[UCAV]], [[UAV]]
|B/D
| Reconnaissance, Strike || 2022<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/pakistan-integrating-tb2-into-air-defence-network|title=Pakistan integrating TB2 into air-defence network|website=Janes.com|accessdate=1 April 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.currentaffairs.com.pk/pakistan-operationalises-bayraktar-tb-2-male-ucav-for-paf/|title=Pakistan Operationalises Bayraktar TB-2 MALE UCAV for PAF|date=10 January 2022|accessdate=1 April 2024}}</ref> || Unknown
|31<ref name="World Air Forces 202422" /><ref name="World Air Forces 20242" />
|Unknown|| Medium-Altitude Long-Endurance (MALE) UCAV. Operationalized in January 2022.<ref>[https://pakstrategic.com/2022/01/08/pakistan-procures-bayraktar-tb-2-drone/] {{Bare URL inline|date=September 2022}}</ref>
|
|
|-
|-
| [[CAIG Wing Loong II|Wing Loong II]]
|[[Hongdu JL-8]]
| [[Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group|CAIG]]
|[[China]]
| China
|jet trainer
| [[Medium-Altitude Long-Endurance|MALE]] [[UCAV]], [[UAV]]
|K-8
| Reconnaissance, Strike || 2020 || 50
|38<ref name="World Air Forces 202422" /><ref name="World Air Forces 20242" />
|50|| Medium-Altitude Long-Endurance (MALE) UCAV.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.techjuice.pk/china-to-supply-50-drones-to-pakistan-for-defence-purposes/ | title=China to supply 50 drones to Pakistan for defence purposes | date=30 December 2020 }}</ref>
|
|
|-
|-
|[[GIDS Shahpar-II|Shahpar-II]]
|[[CAC/PAC JF-17 Thunder|JF-17 Thunder]]
|[[Global Industrial Defence Solutions|GIDS]]
|[[China]]
|Pakistan
|conversion trainer
| [[Medium-Altitude Long-Endurance|MALE]] [[UCAV]], [[UAV]]
|JF-17B
| Reconnaissance, Strike || 2021 || Unknown
|25<ref name="World Air Forces 202422" /><ref name="World Air Forces 20242" />
|Unknown|| Medium-Altitude Long-Endurance (MALE) UCAV.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.shephardmedia.com/news/air-warfare/pakistans-shahpar-ii-ucav-breaks-cover/ | title=Pakistan's Shahpar II UCAV breaks cover &#124; Shephard }}</ref>
|
|
|-
|-
|[[PAC MFI-17 Mushshak]]
|[[TAI Anka|Anka]]
|[[Turkish Aerospace Industries|TAI]], <br />[[NESCOM]]
|[[Pakistan]]
| Turkey / Pakistan
|basic trainer
| [[Medium-Altitude Long-Endurance|MALE]] [[UCAV]], [[UAV]]
|
| Reconnaissance, Strike || 2021 || Unknown
|119<ref name="World Air Forces 202422" /><ref name="World Air Forces 20242" />
|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.<ref>https://www.defenseworld.net/news/30279/Pakistan_Will_Start_Producing_Components_
|
.html {{Bare URL inline|date=September 2022}}</ref>
|
|-
|-
|[[Shenyang J-6]]
| [[NESCOM Burraq|Burraq]]
|[[China]]
| [[NESCOM]]
|Pakistan
|jet trainer
| [[UCAV]], [[UAV]]
|FT-6
| Reconnaissance, Strike || 2014 || 13
|9<ref name="World Air Forces 202422" /><ref name="World Air Forces 20242" />
|13|| Used jointly with [[Pakistan Army]].<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Bokhari|first1=Farhan|last2=Hardy|first2=James|title=Pakistan successfully fires missile from indigenous UAV|journal=[[Jane's Defence Weekly]]|date=12 March 2015|url=http://www.janes.com/article/49938/pakistan-successfully-fires-missile-from-indigenous-uav|access-date=19 April 2015}}</ref>
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|-
|-
|[[CASC CH-4|CH-4 Rainbow]]
! colspan="7" style="align: center; background: lavender;" |[[Unmanned aerial vehicle|UAV]]
|[[China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation|CASC]]
| China
| [[UCAV]], [[UAV]]
| Reconnaissance, Strike || 2021<ref name="auto2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2021/09/lifting-veil-pakistans-chinese-ucavs.html|title=Lifting The Veil - Pakistan’s Chinese UCAVs|accessdate=1 April 2024}}</ref> || 12-24
|12-24|| CH-4A and CH-4B.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://pakstrategic.com/pakistan-procures-casc-rainbow-cai-hong-ch-4-unmanned-aerial-vehicle-uav/ | title=Pakistan procures CASC Rainbow (CAI HONG) CH-4 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) | date=29 January 2021 }}</ref><ref name="auto2"/>
|-
|-
|[[Selex ES Falco|Falco]]
|[[Baykar Bayraktar Akıncı|Bayraktar Akıncı]]
|[[Selex ES]] / [[Pakistan Aeronautical Complex|PAC]]
|[[Turkey]]
|[[Italy]] / Pakistan
|UACV
| [[UAV]]
|
| Reconnaissance || 2007<ref name="flightglobal.com">{{cite web | url=https://www.flightglobal.com/first-galileo-avionica-falco-uav-set-for-delivery-launch-customer-remains-undisclosed/71703.article | title=First Galileo Avionica Falco UAV set for delivery, launch customer remains undisclosed }}</ref> || 26
|1<ref name="World Air Forces 202422" /><ref name=":852" />
|26|| PAF launch customer for Falco UAV in 2007.<ref name="flightglobal.com"/> Manufactured under license at PAC since 2008 with technology transfer to Pakistan.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pac.org.pk/amf |title=Pakistan Aeronautical Complex Kamra – Aircraft Manufacturing Factory |publisher=Pac.org.pk |accessdate=2022-09-16}}</ref>
|
|-
|-
|[[GIDS Shahpar|Shahpar]]
|[[Bayraktar TB2]]
|[[Global Industrial Defence Solutions|GIDS]]
|[[Turkey]]
| Pakistan
|UACV
| [[UAV]]
|
| Reconnaissance || 2012<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130219/DEFREG04/302190021/IDEX-Explosion-UAVs-Exhibit |title=IDEX: Explosion of UAVs at Exhibit &#124; Defense News &#124; defensenews.com |website=defensenews.com |access-date=22 February 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130410180412/http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130219/DEFREG04/302190021/IDEX-Explosion-UAVs-Exhibit |archive-date=10 April 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> || 6
|unknown<ref name="World Air Forces 202422" /><ref name=":852" />
|6||<ref name=Shahpar>{{cite news|title=IDEX: Explosion of UAVs at Exhibit|url=http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130219/DEFREG04/302190021/IDEX-Explosion-UAVs-Exhibit|publisher=[[Defense News]]|date=19 February 2013|access-date=14 April 2013}}</ref>
|
|-
|-
|[[CAIG Wing Loong II]]
|[[SATUMA Jasoos|Jasoos II]]
|[[SATUMA Jasoos|SATUMA]]
|[[China]]
| Pakistan
|UACV
| [[UAV]]
|
| Reconnaissance, Training || 2010 || 46
|50<ref name="World Air Forces 202422" /><ref name=":852" />
|46|| Bravo+. Primary work horse for UAV Operations and Training Program.<ref>[http://www.satuma.com.pk/Detail.aspx?ProdID=2 Tactical Range UAV – Jasoos II (Bravo+)] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120910024030/http://www.satuma.com.pk/Detail.aspx?ProdID=2 |date=10 September 2012 }}. Satuma.com.pk. Retrieved on 2012-07-01.</ref>
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! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="9" | [[Helicopter]]s
|[[CASC Rainbow]]
|[[China]]
|UACV
|CH-4
|12 to 24<ref name="World Air Forces 202422" /><ref name=":852" />
|
|-
|-
|[[GIDS Shahpar]]
| [[Mil Mi-17|Mi-17]]
| [[Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant|Mil]]
|[[Pakistan]]
|Russia
|UAV
| [[Helicopter]]
|
| Transport, Utility || 2010 || 40{{Citation needed|date=November 2021}} ||
|6<ref name="World Air Forces 202422" /><ref name=":852" />
|Mil Mi-17-1<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dawn.com/2008/03/18/local16.htm |access-date=14 October 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725130620/http://www.dawn.com/2008/03/18/local16.htm |archive-date=25 July 2008 |title=KARACHI: Roll-out of MI-171 helicopters -DAWN – Local; March 18, 2008 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/pakistan/air-force-equipment.htm Pakistan Air Force Equipment]. Globalsecurity.org. Retrieved on 2012-07-01.</ref>
|
|-
|-
| [[AgustaWestland AW139|AW139]]
|[[GIDS Shahpar-II]]
|[[Pakistan]]
| [[AgustaWestland]]
| Italy
|UAV
| [[Helicopter]]
|
| [[search and rescue|SAR]], Utility || 2018 || 14 || 14
|unknown<ref name="World Air Forces 202422" /><ref name=":852" />
| AW139M<ref>Air Forces Monthly, Issue 362, May 2018, page 28</ref><ref name="PAF announced (via an event daily) that it concluded the procurement of 14 AW139 SAR helicopters. The Leonardo AW139 has replaced the PAF’s legacy Alouette IIIs in the SAR role.">{{Cite news |url=https://quwa.org/2018/12/17/ideas-2018-pakistan-air-force-updates-2/|title=Pakistan air force updates|publisher=quwa.org |date=17 December 2018 |access-date=17 December 2018}}</ref>
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|-
|[[Burraq (UAV)|NESCOM Burraq]]
|[[Pakistan]]
|UACV
|
|13<ref name="World Air Forces 202422" /><ref name=":852" />
|
|-
|[[Selex ES Falco|PAC Falco]]
|[[Italy]] / [[Pakistan]]
|UAV
|
|26<ref name="World Air Forces 202422" /><ref name=":852" />
|
|-
|[[SATUMA Jasoos]]
|[[Pakistan]]
|UAV
|
|46<ref name="World Air Forces 202422" /><ref name=":852" />
|
|-
|[[TAI Anka]]
|[[Turkey]]
|UACV
|
|unknown<ref name="World Air Forces 202422" /><ref name=":852" />
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Revision as of 11:03, 29 August 2024

Pakistan Air Force
History
History of the PAF
Aircraft
Air Force weaponry
Units and infrastructure
Air Headquarters
Pakistan Air Force Squadrons
Air Force Bases
Special Services Wing
Air Force Strategic Command
Personnel
Ranks and insignias
Chief of Air Staff
Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee
Serving air marshals
Other information
Air Force Educational System
Air intelligence

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

Aircraft Manufacturer Origin Class Role Introduced In service Total Notes
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] 152 156[5] JF-17A Block 1 (50)

JF-17A Block 2 (62)

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

JF-17C Block 3 (18 delivered,[a] 32 on order)[8][9]

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[10] 75 85[11] F-16AM Block 15 MLU (31)[11][12][13][14][15]

F-16BM Block 15 MLU (23)[11][12][13][14][15]

F-16A Block 15 ADF (9)[11][14]

F-16B Block 15 ADF (4)[11][14]

F-16C Block 52+ (12)[11][13][14]

F-16D Block 52+ (6)[11][13][14]

Mirage III Dassault France Jet Multirole 8 March 1968[16] 87[17] 135 Several variants with extensive Project ROSE upgrades. All Mirage IIIs being replaced by Block 3 JF-17Cs[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 being replaced by Block 3 JF-17Cs[18] and J-10CEs.
F-7PG Skybolt CAC China Jet Interceptor 2002 53 60[19]

All F-7PGs/FT-7PGs being replaced by Block 3 JF-17Cs.[20]

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]

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]
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]

PAF 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 7[33] 7 Also used to train aircrew for the Saab 2000 Erieye AEW&C. Delivered in December 2008.
Y-12 Harbin China Turboprop Utility 1993 2[33] 2 Y-12II
Airbus A319 Airbus France Jet Multirole July 2022 1 1 A319-112[33][34] Previously operated by Avion Express (Lithuania).
Global 6000 Bombardier Canada Jet VIP Transport 2022 1 1 [35] May be converted to EW, ESM, ECM platform in future.[36]
Citation V Cessna United States Jet VIP Transport 1 1 [37]
Gulfstream IV Gulfstream United States Jet VIP Transport 2004 2 2 Gulfstream IV-SP[38] and Gulfstream IV G-450[39]
Phenom 100 Embraer Brazil Jet VIP Transport 2009 4 4 [40][41][42]
Airborne Early Warning & Control Aircraft
Saab 2000 Erieye[43] Saab Sweden Turboprop AEW&C 2011 9 10 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. Fleet restored to four aircraft by 2016 by acquiring an additional aircraft. Three more aircraft delivered in 2019. Two more ordered in 2020 and delivered by 2023. One aircraft lost until date.[44][45]
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.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Bayraktar Akıncı Baykar Turkey HALE UCAV, UAV Reconnaissance, Strike 2023[46] 1 1 High-Altitude Long-Endurance (HALE) UCAV. 1 delivered in 2023, 6 on order.[47]
Bayraktar TB2 Baykar Turkey MALE UCAV, UAV Reconnaissance, Strike 2022[48][49] Unknown Unknown Medium-Altitude Long-Endurance (MALE) UCAV. Operationalized in January 2022.[50]
Wing Loong II CAIG China MALE UCAV, UAV Reconnaissance, Strike 2020 50 50 Medium-Altitude Long-Endurance (MALE) UCAV.[51]
Shahpar-II GIDS Pakistan MALE UCAV, UAV Reconnaissance, Strike 2021 Unknown Unknown Medium-Altitude Long-Endurance (MALE) UCAV.[52]
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.[53]
Burraq NESCOM Pakistan UCAV, UAV Reconnaissance, Strike 2014 13 13 Used jointly with Pakistan Army.[54]
CH-4 Rainbow CASC China UCAV, UAV Reconnaissance, Strike 2021[55] 12-24 12-24 CH-4A and CH-4B.[56][55]
Falco Selex ES / PAC Italy / Pakistan UAV Reconnaissance 2007[57] 26 26 PAF launch customer for Falco UAV in 2007.[57] Manufactured under license at PAC since 2008 with technology transfer to Pakistan.[58]
Shahpar GIDS Pakistan UAV Reconnaissance 2012[59] 6 6 [60]
Jasoos II SATUMA Pakistan UAV Reconnaissance, Training 2010 46 46 Bravo+. Primary work horse for UAV Operations and Training Program.[61]
Helicopters
Mi-17 Mil Russia Helicopter Transport, Utility 2010 40[citation needed] Mil Mi-17-1[62][63]
AW139 AgustaWestland Italy Helicopter SAR, Utility 2018 14 14 AW139M[64][65]
  • JF-17 Thunder of Pakistan Air Force at Paris Air Show 2019
    JF-17 Thunder of Pakistan Air Force at Paris Air Show 2019
  • A four-ship of F-16 Fighting Falcons from the Pakistan Air Force head to the fight after refueling during Red flag exercise
    A four-ship of F-16 Fighting Falcons from the Pakistan Air Force head to the fight after refueling during Red flag exercise
  • Lockheed C-130B Hercules of Pakistan Air Force at Royal International Air Tattoo
    Lockheed C-130B Hercules of Pakistan Air Force at Royal International Air Tattoo

See also

Notes

  1. ^ "JF-17C Block 3 (Serial No. 23-318) can be seen participating in an International Air Show indicating that at least 18 aircraft of the Block 3 variant are operational as of 7 February, 2024."[7]

References

  1. ^ "Pakistan inducts China-made J-10C fighter jets into PAF". The Hindu. 11 March 2022. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Pakistan acquires squadron of elite J-10C fighter: Reports". 30 December 2021.
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