This is a list of military aircraft in active service with the Pakistan Armed Forces.
Type | Role | Variants | In service | Origin | Notes |
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Fixed-wing aircraft | |||||
ATR-72 | Maritime patrol | RAS-72 | 2 [2] | France | [15] |
ATR-72-500 | 1 | [16] | |||
Hawker 800 | Reconnaissance | 850XP | 1 [2] | United Kingdom | |
Lineage 1000 | Maritime patrol | 1000E | 1 [17] | Brazil | 2 on order. To be configured as LRMPA [18] |
P-3 Orion | ASW / Maritime patrol | P-3C | 6 [2] | USA | Orion II.75 and PUP upgrade [19] |
Helicopters | |||||
Mil Mi-14 | SAR | 2 [2] | Soviet Union | ||
Harbin Z-9 | ASW | Z-9EC | 5 [2] | China | |
Sea King | ASW / SAR / transport | Mk.45 | 5 [2] | United Kingdom | |
Mk.45A | 1 [2] | ||||
HAR.3A | 1 [2] | [20] [21] | |||
HC.4 | 1 [2] | ||||
Mk.2A | 10 [22] | ||||
Mk.3 | |||||
Alouette III | Utility | SA316 | 7 [2] | France | |
SA319 | |||||
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles | |||||
GIDS Uqab | Surveillance | Uqab II | Pakistan | [23] | |
Luna X-2000 | Surveillance | Germany | [24] | ||
ScanEagle | Surveillance | USA | [25] |
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