List of retired Pakistan Air Force aircraft

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Below is a list of aircraft retired from service from the Pakistan Air Force.

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Retired aircraft

TypeOriginClassRoleIntroducedRetiredTotalNotes
Chengdu F-7P Skybolt Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China JetInterceptor19882023120 [1] Replaced by Block 1 and Block 2 CAC/PAC JF-17 Thunders [2]
Aérospatiale SA 316B Alouette III Flag of France.svg France Helicopter Search and rescue 1967201935Replaced by AgustaWestland AW139s [3]
Shenyang JJ-5/FT-5 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China JetAdvanced Jet Trainer1975201250Replaced by K-8P Karakorums [4]
Nanchang Q-5III/A-5C Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China JetAttack19832011~55Replaced by Block 1 CAC/PAC JF-17 Thunders [5]
Boeing 707-300 Flag of the United States.svg United States Jet VIP Transport198620083707-340C and 707-351B. [6] Two aircraft transferred from PIA in 1986. A third aircraft in VIP transport configuration delivered in 1987. [7] One aircraft sold to a private individual in 2008. [8] Two aircraft scrapped in 2008-2009. Replaced by an ex-PIA Airbus A310-304 in 2009.
Shenyang J-6C/F-6C Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China JetFighter19652002253Replaced by F-7Ps and F-7PGs
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19S Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union Jet Air superiority fighter 196520025Replaced by F-7Ps. Received five ex-Indonesian Air Force Mig-19S in December 1965 as part of a friendship deal between Pakistan and Indonesia. [9]
Lockheed T-33 T-Bird Flag of the United States.svg United States JetTrainer195519932115 T-33A trainers, 6 RT-33A reconnaissance aircraft. Replaced by T-37s and K-8P Karakorums
Kaman HH-43B Huskie Flag of the United States.svg United States Helicopter Search and rescue 196419934 [10] 4 in service in June 1972 [11] and November 1993. [12]
Martin B-57 Canberra Flag of the United States.svg United States JetBomber19591985282 x RB-57F and 2 x RB-57B served with No. 24 ELINT Squadron. 24 served with No. 31 Wing. 24 B-57B and 2 B-57C
Grumman SA-16A Albatross Flag of the United States.svg United States PropellerPatrol1950s19814Search and Rescue, coastal patrol and maritime reconnaissance. [13]
Shenyang JJ-2/FT-2 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China JetFighter196619806 [12] Chinese-built Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 UTI (called U-MiG-15 in the PAF). Replaced by FT-6s.
North American F-86 Sabre Flag of the United States.svg United States JetFighter19551980210120 x North American F-86F-35-NA and F-40-NA, 90 ex-Iranian Canadair CL-13B Sabre Mk.6. Replaced by Dassault Mirage IIIEs and Dassault Mirage 5s
Lockheed F-104 Starfighter Flag of the United States.svg United States JetFighter196119721210 x F-104A, 2 x F-104B.[ citation needed ] under Royal Pakistan Air Scouts
Sikorsky UH-19D Chickasaw Flag of the United States.svg United States Helicopter Search and rescue 195619718First helicopter operated by the PAF.
North American T-6G Harvard IV Flag of the United States.svg United States PropellerTrainer19471970s12Introduced on formation of the Royal Pakistan Air Force.
Hawker Siddeley Trident 1E Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom JetTransport196719704VIP transport.
Harbin H-5 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China JetBomber1966196916Chinese-built Ilyushin Il-28, designated B-56 in the PAF. 16 aircraft [11]
Bristol Freighter Mk 21E Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom PropellerTransport1950s196681
Hawker Sea Fury Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom PropellerFighter19491963~97~92 x FB 60. 5 x T-61 two-seat trainers. [14] Replaced by Lockheed F-104 Starfighters
Vickers VC.1 Viking IB Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom PropellerTransport194719621VIP transport. Preserved in the PAF Museum. [15]
Supermarine Attacker FB.50 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom JetFighter1951195836. [16] "De-navalised" Attacker FB.2 with tail hook removed and wings "locked down". [17] First jet fighter in PAF service.
de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom PropellerTrainer194719577Biplane. Introduced on formation of the Royal Pakistan Air Force.
Hawker Tempest Mk II Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom PropellerFighter1947195616Received on formation of the Royal Pakistan Air Force.
Douglas C-47B Dakota Flag of the United States.svg United States PropellerTransport194719552Introduced on formation of the Royal Pakistan Air Force.
Handley Page Halifax B.VI Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom PropellerBomber1948195416
Supermarine Spitfire Mk VIII Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom PropellerFighter19471947
Bell OH-13S Sioux Flag of the United States.svg United States HelicopterLight observation~13 [11] [18]

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See also

References

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  2. "Pride of Pakistan". www.airinternational.com.
  3. "AW139: The Pakistan Air Force's New Mainstay SAR Helicopter". 22 October 2019.
  4. Reporter, The Newspaper's Staff (January 5, 2012). "PAF grounds ageing trainer aircraft". DAWN.COM.
  5. "No 26 Squadron of PAF Re-equips with New JF-17 Thunder Aircraft, Islamabad". Pakistan Air Force. 11 April 2011. Archived from the original on 30 May 2019.
  6. "Aviation Photo #6812591: Boeing 707-340C - Pakistan - Air Force". Airliners.net.
  7. 1986 | 3217 | Flight Archive. Flightglobal.com (29 November 1986). Retrieved on 2012-07-01.
  8. "PAF VVIP Boeing 707 aircraft sold for Rs 8.4 million". Pakistan Today . 1 September 2013. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
  9. AVM (R) Ikramullah Bhatti (27 July 2020). "Faithful Warrior". Second To None. Directorate of Media Affairs Pakistan Air Force. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  10. "Pakistan's Air Power", Flight International, 95 (3123), Flightglobal.com: 90, 16 January 1969, retrieved 1 July 2012
  11. 1 2 3 "Pakistan", Flight International, p. 953, 29 June 1972 Flightglobal.com. Retrieved on 2012-07-01.
  12. 1 2 1993 | 2809 | Flight Archive. Flightglobal.com (1993-11-30). Retrieved on 2012-07-01.
  13. "The Albatross - Jul ,1954". Archived from the original on 9 October 2011. Retrieved 14 October 2009.
  14. THE FIRST FIGHTER TRAINER 1950. paf.gov.pk
  15. "Viking - 1947". Archived from the original on 9 October 2011.
  16. Bingham, Victor. Supermarine Fighter Aircraft page 109. Ramsbury, UK: The Crowood Press, 2004. ISBN   1-86126-649-9. (Info. and ref. found in Wikipedia's Supermarine Attacker article.)
  17. south marston | pakistan | commissioner | 1953 | 0322 | Flight Archive. Flightglobal.com. Retrieved on 2012-07-01.
  18. "Worlds Air Forces", Flight International, 99 (3250), Flightglobal.com: 935, 24 June 1971, retrieved 1 July 2012