On April 20, a retired Indian Army officer – Col. Vinayak Bhat – provided a detailed insight of the Pakistan Air Force’s (PAF) new main operating base (MOB), PAF Bholari. Available on The Print, Bhat’s analysis of PAF Bholari surmises that the…
In his final address to Air Headquarters, the previous Pakistan Air Force (PAF) Chief of Air Staff (CAS) Air Chief Marshal (ACM) Sohail Aman outlined the need to maintain quantitative parity with India in terms of fighter aircraft. He also acknowledged the…
Officially, the Pakistan Air Force’s (PAF) fifth-generation fighter (FGF) program is being executed under ‘Project Azm’ (resolve). Under the PAF’s long-term plan, Pakistan Aeronautical Complex Kamra has been entrusted to manufacture a FGF as well as active electronically-scanned array radars.
With the Shenyang Aircraft Corporation FC-31 progressing, could China’s new fighter platform figure into Pakistan’s next-generation fighter plans?
An overview of the history, organization, capacity, and objectives of the Combat Commanders School, the Pakistan Air Force’s leadership training school.
A discussion of why some countries, especially developing ones such as Pakistan, seek used military equipment in order to fulfil their defence needs.
26 October 2015
By Bilal Khan
Rana Tanveer Hussain, Pakistan’s Minister of Defence Production reportedly told The Korean Herald that the Pakistan Air Force was evaluating the T-50 trainer manufactured by Korean Aerospace Industries (KAI).
Commonly understood as a ‘Lead in Fighter Trainer’ (LIFT) platform,…
The Pentagon corrected an earlier contract update to state that a $41.6M adjustment was made for the sustainment of existing AMRAAM stocks in Pakistan.
The PAF’s future strike doctrine is shifting from a platform-centric model to a munitions-first approach, prioritizing a full ecosystem to defeat advanced A2/AD.
An analysis of the ARFC’s challenges in building a credible stockpile to sustain a genuine wartime effect.