Here is a picture of what I was talking about in my previous post.
This is a picture of a Royal Australian Air Force Airbus A330 MRTT with both hose and drogue pods under on the wingtips and the standard boom as well.
The picture is courtesy of defense-update.com
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Assalamu Alaikum.
Sir Imran,
If I may humbly adjust what you have written: the A330 MRTT is an Airbus product, not a Boeing product (it will be jointly produced by Airbus [EADS] and Northrop Grumman in the US). It would be economically impractical for the manufacturers of the JF-17 and...
Assalamu Alaikum.
About the KC-135... It seems unlikely the US is going to supply the KC-135 and also that Pakistan will try to purchase the KC-135 (please correct me if I am wrong on this). One of the things that may discourage procurement of the KC-135 is the fact that the airframe, despite...
This might be old news, but here is potential confirmation of the U-214 deal:
From Jane's Defense Industry
Pakistan, Germany close to concluding Type 214 submarine deal
The Pakistan Navy appears close to concluding a deal to procure Germany's Type 214 to meet its next-generation...
Salams everyone. Here is some interesting news (if you have already seen it/posted it, forgive me):
From F-16.net
"US to deliver 10 refurbished F-16s to Pakistan
June 4, 2008 (by Asif Shamim) - The United States Congress has notified the delivery of ten F-16s to Pakistan, which would...
Same article from another source:
"U.S. Transfers 25 Combat Helicopters To Pakistan Army Aviation Wing
10/22/2007
Islamabad - The U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan, Anne W. Patterson, today paid rich tributes to the courage and professionalism of Pakistan Army aviation personnel and declared...
To JK: [Please correct me if I am wrong] If a country proudces something under a license (which, I assume, AW does for the Chinook), agreement, it has to get permission from the country granting the license to sell to a third country. For example, when there were proposals (or rumors) for...
Here is the news we have all been waiting for:
The delivery of the F-16A/Bs has started!
"US starts delivery of F-16s to Pakistan
July 10, 2007 (by Asif Shamim) - The United States on Tuesday started delivery of F-16 aircraft to Pakistan when two were flown from the US & were handed...
Here is a new development:
"WASHINGTON, May 25, 2007
The DSCA notified Congress of a possbile Foreign Military Sale to India of C-130J aircraft... [worth] $ 1, 059 million.
The Government of India has requested a possible sale of:
6 LM C-130J USAF Baseline aircraft including USAF...
Does this mean the PAF is going to receive less aircraft? Please elaborate (anyone).
Saab [to] renegotiate Surveillance contract with Pakistan
Saab AB | May 29, 2007
With reference to the sale of Saab Airborne Surveillance Systems to Pakistan, the customer has for financial reasons and in...
Well, as the article states, the SNIPER pods are for the new F-16 Block 52s. Maybe the PAF will buy more for the rest of the birds in the inventory and maybe more with another possible order of F-16s. :pakistan:
PAKISTAN SELECTS LOCKHEED MARTIN'S SNIPER ADVANCED TARGETING POD
ORLANDO, FL, May 14, 2007 --
The U.S. government has awarded a contract to Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] for 18 Sniper® Advanced Targeting Pods (ATP), a part of the new Advanced Block 52 F-16 aircraft program for Pakistan...
Well, the PAF will have a number of Saab 2000 ERIEYE AWACS aircraft, and as announced when the Chinese president visited Pakistan and in IDEAS 2006, Pakistan will develop AWACS aircraft with China. The PN will have the P-3Cs with the Hawkeye 2000 suite on them, but I think those will be for...