Major Airforce Equipment

Fighter/Attack Aircraft
Reconnaissnace
Transport Aircraft
Communications
Trainer Aircraft
Transport Helicopters
Armament
Radars

Fighter/ Attack Aircraft
AIRCRAFT NO. TYPICAL MISSION SQUADRONS FIRST DELIVERED STATUS/OUTLOOK
F-16A/B 22/10 Int/Attack/Trng No. 9, 11OCU 1985 Falcon Up upgrade program underway.
F-7PG 46 Int/Attack No. 17,20, 23 2001 Radars yet to be fitted.
F-7P 143 Int No. 2, 14, 18 OCU, 19 OCU, CCS 1988 20 Grifo 7 radars have been built and are being installed in F-7s.
Mirage IIIEP 12 AD No. 5 1967  
Mirage IIIO 39 AD/Attack No. 7, CCS 1991 Ex-Australian Mirages, also designated as IIIEA.
Mirage 5PA ~25 Attack/Training No. 22 OCU 1973  
Mirage 5PA2/3 ~24 Land/Sea Attack No. 8, 22 OCU 1982 Some Agave Radar equipped PA3s carry the Exocet ASM.
Mirage 5F 31 Int/FGA No. 15, 25 1998 Thrid batch of 8 recieved from France on June 22, 2000.
A-5C 41 Attack No. 16, 26 1983 4 attrition replacements delivered in 2001/02
Reconnassaince Aircraft
Mirage 3RP 11 Recon No. 5 1969 Mirage 3 RP carry five Omera Type 31 cameras in their nose instead of a radar.
Transport Planes
C-130B/E/L-100-20 5/10/1 Transport No. 6 1963 Engine upgrade kits for Allison 56-A-15 and cockpit avionics upgrades underway.
CN-235-220* 4 Transport - 2003 Pakistan signed the contract in July '01 for $49 million. Devlivery expected from IPTN in 2003.
Falcon 20E/DA-20 1/2 VIP/EW No. 12, 24 1973 The DA-20s, delivered in 1987 underwent an ESM/ECM upgrade in Italy in 2003.
Boeing 707-320C 2 VIP/Transport No. 12 1986 Flown on many relief missions.
Boeing 737 1 VIP/Transport No. 12 1994 -
Communications Planes
MFI-17 4 Basic Trainer No. 41 1974 -
Beach B55 Baron 1 Comms No. 41 1980 -
Piper PA-34 Seneca II 1 Comms/VIP No. 41 1987 -
Cessna 172 4 Comms No. 41 1974 -
Harbin Y-12 2 Trans No. 41 1993 Known as the Twin Panda in the West.
Trainer Aricraft
K-8 6 Advanced Jet Trainer PAF Acad 1994 PAF to take delivery of more examples in 2004.
T-37B/C 20 Advanced Jet Trainer PAF Acad, 1962 20 of the original 55 remain in service.
FT-7P/PG 17/6 Advanced Jet Trainer No. 18, 20, 25 OCU, CCS 1988 6 FT-7PGs to have the standard F-7 wing, not the double delta one of F-7PG
FT-5 30 Jet Trainer No. 1 FCU 1975 To be replaced later w/ a new armed version of K-8.
FT-6 30 int/FGA/trng No. 16, 17, 23, 26 1965 1 FT-6 is attached w/ each A-5 squadron to help keep up flying hours of pilots.
Super Mushshak 30 Basic Trainer PAF Acad 2000 Includes 16 Mushshaks that were upgraded to the newer standard. Exported to RSAF and RAFO.
MFI-17 23 Basic Trainer PAF Acad 1974 Production of the more powerful Super Mushshak started.
Transport Helicopter
SA.316 Aloutte 12 Transport/SAR No. 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86 1967 -
SA.315B Lama 26 Transport/SAR No. 84 12 from Eurocopter in 1992.

Armament
Air-to-Air Missiles
MISSILE LENGTH DIAMETER WEIGHT (lb.) WARHEAD (lb.) GUIDANCE STATUS/OUTLOOK
AIM-9L Sidewinder 9.4 ft 0.4 ft 191 20.8 HE Annular blast fragmentation IR 360 ordered in 1988 and delivered in 1996 
AIM-9P Sidewinder 10 ft 0.4 ft 122 26 HE fragmentation IR -
R-530 - - - - - 120 ordered 1980. Delivered in batches of 40 from 1981-83
R-550 Magic 9 ft 0.52 ft 200 7.26lb HE IR 192 ordered in 1978. Delivered in batches of 60, 60, 60, 60, and 12 form 1980-83.
PL-7 9.5 ft 0.4 ft 187 - IR More capable PL-9 may be introduced with F-7MG which can be salved to a helmet mounter sight. Similar to Magic 550.
Air-to-Surface Guided Missiles
AGM-65 Maverick B 2.49m 30.5cm 462 125.4lb warhead TV Day/ night & limited adverse weather capability.
AM 39 Exocet 4.7m 35cm 1434 363lb warhead Inertial/ Active Radar French Air Launched Anti Ship Missile used by Mirage 5PA3.
GBU-10 3.84m 46cm 1967 941.2lb warhead Laser US
GBU-12 2.21m 27.3cm 530 191lb warhead Laser US
Air-to-Surface Unguided
BL-755 2.45m 41.1cm 609 - Free fall UK cluster bomb unit w/ 147 shaped charged bomblets
MK-20 Rock Eye B-1 2.4m 33.5cm 488 191lb warhead Free fall US cluster bomb unit w/ 247 shaped charged bomblets. AWC developed the PSD-2 dispenser adapted to carry a new combined-effects munitions.
MK-82 Snake Eye 2.21m 27.3cm 530 191lb warhead Free fall US high drag bomb
MK-82 Low Drag 2.21m 27.3cm 561 191lb warhead Free fall US high drag bomb
MK-84 3.84m 46cm 1967 941lb warhead Free fall US general purpose bomb
CM-116 8.84m 119.3cm 750 941lb warhead Free fall US Nepalm for use against dug-in troops, supply installations, wooden structures & land convoys.
Surface-to-Air
MISSILE RANGE ALTITUDE WEIGHT WARHEAD (lb.) GUIDANCE STATUS/OUTLOOK
HQ-2 5 km 59,000 ft - - Active Radar 1 battery with 6 missiles.
Crotale 500m-6.8 mi 15-5000m 185 lb 33 Active Radar/IR/TV 6 SAM batteries with 24 Crotales. Upgraded to -4000 configuration.
Aircraft Guns
GUN CALIBRE ARMAMENT RANGE WEIGHT PLATFORM STATUS/OUTLOOK
M61A1 20mm - - - F-16A/B -
Type 30-1 30mm - - - F-7P/PG -
DEFA 552A 30mm - - - Mirage 3/5 -
Type 23-1 23mm - - - A-5C, FT-5 -
NR-30 30mm - - - FT-6 -

Radars
Air Intercept Radars
RADAR CALIBRE ARMAMENT RANGE WEIGHT PLATFORM STATUS/OUTLOOK
APG-66V2 - - - - F-16 -
Grifo M - - - - Mirage IIIO -
Grifo 7 - - - - F-7P -
Agave - - - - Mirage 5PA3 -
Ground Based Radars
RADAR CALIBRE ARMAMENT RANGE WEIGHT SQUADRON STATUS/OUTLOOK
TPS-43G - - - - - -
YLC 2 - - - - - -
Mirador IV - - - - Crotale -