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 |
- |