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The Pakistan Air Force ( PAF) ( Urdu: پاک فِضائیہ, romanized : Pāk Fìzāʾiyah; pronounced [pɑːk fɪzɑːɪjəɦ]) [Note 1] is the aerial warfare branch of the Pakistan Armed Forces, tasked primarily with the aerial defence of Pakistan, with a secondary role of providing air support to the Pakistan Army and Pakistan Navy when required, and a tertiary role of providing strategic ...
List of active Pakistan Air Force aircraft. Below is a list of aircraft currently in active service with the Pakistan Air Force . All Block 1 and 2 JF-17s are planned to be upgraded to Block 3 standard. Several variants with extensive Project ROSE upgrades. All Mirage IIIs being replaced by Block 3 JF-17Cs [18] and J-10CEs.
In June 2022, it was reported that a team of 15 Pakistan Air Force personnel were scheduled to visit Meiktila Air Force Base in Myanmar to provide technical support for the Myanmar Air Force JF-17s, including setting up of a JF-17 simulator at Meiktila Air Base to train pilots of the Myanmar Air Force and to address technical issues relating to ...
On 9 March 2022, at 6:43 pm, Air Defence Operations Centre of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) picked up a high-speed flying object inside Indian territory. "From its initial course, the object suddenly manoeuvred towards Pakistani territory and violated Pakistan's air space, ultimately falling near Mian Channu at 6:50 pm", according to Director General Maj Gen Babar Iftikhar of the Inter-Services ...
On 16 April 2022, the Pakistani military conducted predawn airstrikes on multiple targets in Afghanistan 's Khost and Kunar provinces. [2] Afghan officials said the attacks killed at least 47 civilians and injured 23 others. [5] [2] [6] [7] Initial reports described the attacks as either rocket strikes or aerial strikes carried out by a number of aircraft of the Pakistan Air Force, [1] [2] [8 ...
The Pakistan Air Force Academy Asghar Khan ( Urdu: پاکستان فضائیہ اکیڈمی) is an accredited three-year military academy which provides undergraduate education to officer candidates for the Pakistan Air Force. The eligible and selected candidates from all over Pakistan are sent to PAF Academy Risalpur for flying training.
Exercise Zarb–e–Momin is a joint-command field exercise conducted by the Pakistan Army since 1989. It is usually held in conjunction with the Pakistan Air Force 's High Mark exercise. [5] The exercises are conducted to test out the new weapon systems, and include such units as the Pakistan Army Aviation Corps and the Pakistan Army Artillery ...
The Pakistan Armed Forces ( Urdu: پاکستان مسلح افواج; pronounced [ˈpɑːkˌɪstaːn mʊˈsəlˌle (ɦ) əfˈwɑːd͡ʒ]) are the military forces of Pakistan. It is the world's sixth-largest military measured by active military personnel and consist of three formally uniformed services—the Army, Navy, and the Air Force, which are backed by several paramilitary forces such as ...