List of active Pakistan Air Force aircraft

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Template:Short description Template:Pp Template:Use Pakistani English Below is a list of aircraft currently in active service with the Pakistan Air Force. Template:Use dmy dates Template:Pakistan Air Force

List

Template:Avilisthead |- ! Aircraft ! Manufacturer ! Image ! Origin ! Class ! Role ! Introduced ! data-sort-type="number" | In service ! Total (acquired) ! Notes |- ! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="10" | Combat Aircraft |- |J-10 Vigorous Dragon |Chengdu Aerospace Corporation (CAC) |File:J-10B with PL-10 and PL-12.jpg |China ||Jet ||Multirole | 11 March 2022[1] |20Template:Sfn |20Template:Sfn[2] |J-10CE. Total 36 ordered.[2] |- |JF-17 Thunder |Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC),
CAC | File:Pakistan JF-17 (modified).jpg |Pakistan,
China |Jet |Multirole |18 February 2010[3] |156Template:Sfn |161Template:Sfn |JF-17 Block 1 (50)Template:Sfn

JF-17 Block 2 (62)Template:Sfn

JF-17B Block 2 (26)[4]Template:Sfn

JF-17 Block 3[5] (23 delivered, 27 on order)[6]Template:Sfn

All Block 1 and 2 JF-17s being upgraded to Block 3 standard. |- |F-16 Fighting Falcon |General Dynamics,
Lockheed Martin | File:84606 General Dynamics F-16BM 11(MR) 39W Pakistan Air Force Konya AFB 30.6.22 (52233200683).jpg |United States |Jet ||Multirole |15 January 1983[7] |75Template:Sfn |85[8] |F-16AM Block 15 MLU (31)[9][10][11][12][13]
F-16BM Block 15 MLU (23)[9][10][11][12][13]
F-16A Block 15 ADF (9)[9][12]
F-16B Block 15 ADF (4)[9][12]
F-16C Block 52+ (12)[9][11][12]
F-16D Block 52+ (6)[9][11][12]
|- |Mirage III |Dassault Aviation |File:Pakistan Air Force Dassault Mirage IIIEA inflight.jpg |France | Jet | Multirole | 1968[14] |49Template:Sfn
|135 |Mirage IIIB (2)Template:Sfn
Mirage IIIOD (7)Template:Sfn
Mirage IIIEP (30)Template:Sfn Mirage IIIRP (10)Template:Sfn

Some upgraded by Project ROSE. All Mirage IIIs being replaced by JF-17s and J-10CEs.[15][16][17] |- |Mirage 5 |Dassault Aviation |File:Pakistan Air Force Dassault Mirage 5 ROSE III taking off.jpg |France |Jet | Attack | 1970 | 37Template:Sfn
| 139 |Mirage 5PA/5PA2 (25)Template:Sfn
Mirage 5PDA/5PDA2 (2)Template:Sfn
Mirage 5PA3 (10)Template:Sfn

Some upgraded by Project ROSE. All Mirage 5s being replaced by JF-17s and J-10CEs.[17][16] |- |F-7PG |CAC |File:Pakistan Air Force Chengdu F-7PG inflight.jpg | China |Jet | Interceptor | 2002 | 53 | 60[18] | F-7PGs. All being replaced by JF-17s.[19] |- ! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="10" | Trainer Aircraft |- |K-8 |Hongdu,
PAC |File:Pakistan Air Force Hongdu K-8P Karakorum Jordan.jpg | China,
Pakistan | Jet | Intermediate Jet Trainer | 1994 |58 |60 |K-8 (12)

K-8P (48)

Produced under license by PAC, designated as Karakorum-8.[20] |- |T-37 Tweet |Cessna |File:T-37 021203-O-9999G-003.jpg |United States | Jet | Basic Jet Trainer | 1962 |69 |73 ||T-37B/C.[21] Older T-37s to be eventually replaced with K-8Ps. |- | MFI-17 Mushshak | PAC | File:Pakistan MFI-17 Super Mushshak (mod. flight).jpg | Pakistan,
Sweden | Turboprop | Primary Trainer | 1974 | 145 | 151 | MFI-17 Mushshak (115)

Super Mushshak (30)

Some MFI-17 Mushshaks to be upgraded to Super Mushshak standard.[22] |- ! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="10" | Strategic Airlift Transporter/Aerial Refueler |- |Il-78 |Ilyushin |File:Ilyushin IL-78 (R09-001) Pakistan Air Force.jpg |Russia | Jet | Strategic Airlift Transporter/Aerial Refueler | 2009[23] | 4Template:Sfn | 4 | Il-78MP. Dual-role aerial refeulers and freighters. Ex-Ukrainian Air Force.[24][25][26][27][28] |- ! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="10" | Transport Aircraft |- |C-130 Hercules |Lockheed Martin |File:4148 Lockheed C-130E Pakistan Air Force Konya 30.6.22 (52207186888).jpg |United States | Turboprop | Medium transport | 1963 | 18Template:Sfn | | C-130B (5)Template:Sfn
C-130E (9)Template:Sfn
C-130H (4)Template:Sfn

Seven purchased second-hand from Belgium.[29] |- |L-100 Hercules |Lockheed Martin | |United States | Turboprop | Medium transport | | 1Template:Sfn | | L-100-20 (1)Template:Sfn |- | 208 Caravan | Cessna | | United States | Turboprop | Light transport | | 2Template:Sfn | | 208B (2)Template:Sfn |- | Citation Excel | Cessna | | United States | Turboprop | Light transport | | 2Template:Sfn | | 560XL (2)Template:Sfn |- | CN-235 | CASA,
Indonesian Aerospace | | Spain,
Indonesia | Turboprop | Light transport | | 4Template:Sfn | | CN235M-220 (4)Template:Sfn |- | M600 | Piper Aircraft | | United States | Turboprop | Light transport | | 2Template:Sfn | | |- |Phenom 100 |Embraer |File:Embraer EMB-500 Phenom 100 AN1695056.jpg |Brazil | Jet | Light transport | 2009[30] | 6Template:Sfn | | |- | Super King Air | Beechcraft | | United States | Turboprop | Light transport | | 2Template:Sfn | | King Air 350i (2)Template:Sfn |- |Y-12 |Harbin Aircraft Industry Group | File:Iran - Revolutionary Guard Air Force Harbin Y12-II.jpg | China | Turboprop | Light transport | 1993 | 3Template:Sfn | | Y-12II (3)Template:Sfn |- | A319 | Airbus | File:United Airbus A319 (13942617705).jpg |France | Jet | Personnel transport | July 2022 | 1Template:Sfn | | |- | Falcon 20 | Dassault Aviation | | France | Jet | Personnel transport | | 1Template:Sfn | | 20E (1)Template:Sfn |- |Gulfstream IV |Gulfstream | File:PAF GSIV Government.png |United States | Jet | Personnel transport | | 2Template:Sfn | |Gulfstream IV-SP (2)Template:Sfn |- |Saab 2000 |Saab |File:Pakistan Air Force Saab 2000 Asuspine.jpg | Sweden | Turboprop | Personnel transport | 2008 | 6Template:Sfn | | |- ! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="10" | Airborne Early Warning & Control Aircraft |- | |Saab 2000 Erieye AEW&C | Saab |File:Saab 2000 Erieye.jpg | Sweden | Turboprop | AEW&C || 2011 || 9 || 10 || Saab 2000 equipped with the Saab Erieye AEW&C system.[31][32][33] |- ! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="10" | Electronic Warfare Aircraft |- | Falcon DA-20 | Dassault Aviation |File:Pakistan Air Force No 24 Blinders Squadron Falcon DA-20 left side1.jpg |France | Jet | EW, ESM, ECM | 1986 | 2 | 2 | DA-20F.Template:Sfn Modified EW version of the Dassault Falcon 20 business jet.[34] |- | ZDK-03 |Shaanxi |File:Pakistan Air Force Shaanxi ZDK-03 (Y-8) inflight.jpg | China | Turboprop | EW, ESM, ECM || 2011 || 4 || 4 | Based on Y-8F-600. Reassigned to EW, ESM, ECM role from AEW&C role in 2024.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". |- |Global 6000 |Bombardier | File:2010-07-08 BD700 Tyrolean OE-IGS EDDF 03.jpg | Canada | Jet | EW, ESM, ECM || 2022 || 1 || 1 | Purchased in 2022 in business jet configuration. Being converted into EW, ESM, ECM Stand-Off Jamming (HAVA-SOJ) platform by Turkey's Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) and Aselsan in 2025.[35][36][37][38][39] |- ! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="10" | Helicopters |- | AW139 | AgustaWestland |File:An AW-139 helicopter, assigned to Panama's Servicio Nacional Aeronaval, lands on the flight deck of the hospital ship USNS Comfort.jpg | Italy | Helicopter | SAR, Utility || 2018 || 14 || 14 | AW139M[40][41] |- | Mi-17 | Mil |File:Pakistan Army Mil Mi-17 Asuspine-1.jpg | Russia | Helicopter | Transport, Utility || 2010 || Unknown || Unknown |Mil Mi-17-1[42][43] |- ! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="10" | Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicles / Unmanned Aerial Vehicles |- | Bayraktar Akıncı | Baykar | File:Bayraktar Akıncı in Azerbaijani Air Force 1.jpg | Turkey | HALE UCAV, UAV | Strike, Reconnaissance || 2023 || 7 |7||[44][45] |- | Burraq | NESCOM |File:NESCOM Burraq UAV.jpg |Pakistan | MALE UCAV, UAV | Strike, Reconnaissance || 2014 || 13 |13|| Used jointly with Pakistan Army.[46] |- |Shahpar-II |Global Industrial Defence Solutions (GIDS) | File:GIDS Shahpar 2 Drone.jpg |Pakistan | MALE UCAV, UAV | Strike, Reconnaissance || 2021 || Unknown |Unknown|| [47] |- |Anka |Turkish Aerospace Industries,
NESCOM |File:ANKA TUSAS.jpg | Turkey,
Pakistan | MALE UCAV, UAV | Strike, Reconnaissance || 2021 || Unknown |Unknown|| Contract signed between TAI and NESCOM in August 2021 for local production of Anka UCAVs with technology transfer to Pakistan.[48] |- |Bayraktar TB2 |Baykar |File:Bayraktar TB2 Runway.jpg | Turkey | MALE UCAV, UAV | Strike, Reconnaissance || 2022 || Unknown |Unknown||[49][50][51] |- | Wing Loong II | Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group |File:Wing Loong II side view.jpg | China | MALE UCAV, UAV | Strike, Reconnaissance || 2021 || 3 | 3 || 47 on order[52] |- |CH-4 Rainbow |China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation |File:CH-4 at Airshow China Zhuhai 2022.jpg | China | MALE UCAV, UAV | Strike, Reconnaissance || 2021 || 12-24 |12-24|| CH-4A and CH-4B.[53][54] |- |Shahpar |GIDS |File:GIDS Shahpar.jpg | Pakistan | UAV | Reconnaissance || 2012 || 6 |6||[55][56] |- |Jasoos II |SATUMA | | Pakistan | UAV | Reconnaissance || 2010 || 46 |46|| Bravo+.[57] |- |Falco |Selex ES,
PAC |File:Salon du Bourget 20090619 227.jpg |Italy,
Pakistan | UAV | Reconnaissance || 2007 || 26 |26|| Produced under license by PAC since 2008 with technology transfer to Pakistan.[58][59] |- |}

See also

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