Air Force Question Thread

[imran khan]

can any body answer me who give pakistan F5 jets tempary in 1971 war.

[blain2]

Originally Posted by imran khan

can any body answer me who give pakistan F5 jets tempary in 1971 war.

Royal Jordanian Air Force (if we are talking about Northrop Grumman F-5s and not Chinese FT-5/6).

[hassan1]

how i classification of paf air defence
how many units in paf air defence
for example
radars unit
baloon baridge unit
aa guns unit
???
i dont know more
plz reply me

[WebMaster]

Originally Posted by blain2

Royal Jordanian Air Force (if we are talking about Northrop Grumman F-5s and not Chinese FT-5/6).

Turkey also provided F-5 with other air-to-air ammunition. Please confirm. We also recieved F-104 from Turkey.

[fatman17]

Originally Posted by WebMaster

Turkey also provided F-5 with other air-to-air ammunition. Please confirm. We also recieved F-104 from Turkey.

Jordanian F-5s were actually parked at Mauripur (Masroor) but never used in combat.
Turkish a/c were offered but never delivered. this is my info based on PAF history.

[blain2]

yes that is correct. Nothing materialized from Turkey.

[Energon]

Why weren't these aircrafts used in combat? Also didn't Saudi Arabia have a sizable fleet to offer as replacement/force multipliers at the time as well?

[Muradk]

The F-5s has a funny story behind it.
Flt Lt Naeem took off and after about 2 min we see the OC flying running towards the Flight ops.
"So what happend Sir" "Tell that ediot to land the dame plane it does not have an ejection system installed in it we just found out they just told us a few min ago". so actualy flytime of F-5 over a PAF base is 4 min. appox.

[WebMaster]

Originally Posted by blain2

yes that is correct. Nothing materialized from Turkey.

There is some air force base in Pakistan where they have the F-104 (monument or whatever) in the Turkish colors. There is a picture also that is floating around. I am guessing that was because of the "offer".

[fatman17]

Originally Posted by WebMaster

There is some air force base in Pakistan where they have the F-104 (monument or whatever) in the Turkish colors. There is a picture also that is floating around. I am guessing that was because of the "offer".

donated by TAF to PAF to signify the brotherly relations between the two muslim nations.

[IceCold]

Originally Posted by fatman17

donated by TAF to PAF to signify the brotherly relations between the two muslim nations.

How does a single plane signify the brotherly relations?

[fatman17]

Originally Posted by IceCold

How does a single plane signify the brotherly relations?

symbolic gesture of goodwill. Turkey supplied ammo to pakistan when the armed forces ran short after 17 days of fighting in 1965.

[imran khan]

i seen in wikipedia that pakistan take same f 5 from friendly nations in 1971 .but real is USA send F5 way of jorden.libya send staff and same air mans for F5 . but pakistan use F5 until 1977 for air supererty .these only 3 pieces of F5.

[imran khan]

TURKY sply ammo for army .end of the war there is two cargo planes came from turky with ammo but we cant use .becase war that time was over.

[Muradk]

Originally Posted by imran khan

i seen in wikipedia that pakistan take same f 5 from friendly nations in 1971 .but real is USA send F5 way of jorden.libya send staff and same air mans for F5 . but pakistan use F5 until 1977 for air supererty .these only 3 pieces of F5.

Sorry your info about the F-5 is wrong we got 3 in total and total air time flown by PAF pilots were 5 min hardly. They did not have the cartridges under the ejection seat. so we did not fy them and gave them back. with thanks.