Miscellaneous Pakistani Military Aircraft

[TAILWIND]

then what is the currently status of these mi-24..........any detail of induction
and quantity

It is not 'these' only 'This'. As I wrote above, there was only one Mi-24 helicopter and was never inducted formally, and never used officially. It is still there parked at an army aviation base.

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[TAILWIND]

The yellow line on the parking stand of K-8 is coming from the lawn in the background! What does it show, taxi thru the lawn to stand?

[Abbas Ali]

^ I think that yellow line is used by ground staff for pushing the K-8 aircraft, manually with tow bar or by using tug, to its precise parking position by keeping the nose gear wheel on yellow line. Those markings can be useful for properly and neatly parking a line-up of aircraft. Seems that yellow line is painted specifically for parking K-8 Karakorum aircraft as K-8 nose wheel comes right on top of that circular tip of the yellow line.

Btw, is that photo taken at PAF Academy in Risalpur ? I also see T-37 aircraft in the background.

Abbas

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[TAILWIND]

What a strange reg on MSA fokker?. I think AR-NYA means Aircraft Registeration-Not Yet Alloted

[faiq]

yes it is Risalpur Academy.. and K-8 is parked on VIP tarmac for display.

[Abbas Ali]

^ Thank you Faiq for the info.

Abbas

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What a strange reg on MSA fokker?. I think AR-NYA means Aircraft Registeration-Not Yet Alloted

Fokker F-27 Friendship Mk 200
Construction number 10254. Built in 1964. Registered in Netherlands as PH-FFV. Registered in Japan as JA8632. Operated by ANA - All Nippon Airways. Number '32' painted on aircraft nose. Registered in Australia as VH-FNW. Operated by Ansett Airlines of Australia. Ansett-ANA (Ansett-Australian National Airways). Operated by ASA (Airlines of South Australia) which was a subsidiary of Ansett-ANA (Ansett-Australian National Airways). Operated by Air Queensland. To PIA, April 29, 1988. Registered in Pakistan as AP-BDF. Registration AP-BDF removed from Pakistan Aircraft Register on unknown date. To Pakistan Navy, Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (MSA) AR-NYA, number 54, June 1988. To Pakistan Army Pakistan Army in 1992, number 10254. To Pakistan Air Force (PAF) in December 1994. It served Pakistan Air Force with serial# 10254. On February 20, 2003, serial# 10254 was operating flight from Chaklala Air Base, Rawalpindi, to Kohat Air Base when it crashed into a mountain killing all 17 people aboard the aircraft including Chief of Pakistan Air Force Air Chief Marshal Mushaf Ali Mir. Bad weather with poor visibility was blamed for the tragic accident.

[TAILWIND]

Thanks nd for detailed info. IIRC this aircraft was bought by Army Aviation from MSA for VIP use during general Mi9ra Aslam Beg's tenure as COAS. Pilots and engineers were trained by PAF for the operation of F-27 with Army. The aircraft however remained grounded and parked at Chaklala due to wing tank fuel leakage problem for over two years. Later the army decided to go for a a brand new Cessna Citation V in 1993 and the F-27 was sold to PAF.
Never know that same acft met accident in Kohat.
My question still; is AR- a normal prefix with MSA tail nos?

[Abbas Ali]

Apparently Pakistani Fokker F-27 aircraft for operating maritime patrol, security and reconnaissance flights use prefix 'AR-' in their serial number.

The format is 'AR-' prefix followed by a group of three letters/alphabets.

Probably 'A = Aerial' and 'R = Reconnaissance' ?

Example photos of Pakistan Navy Fokker F-27 aircraft.

Aircraft serial number AR-MLF

Click here to see large photo.

Aircraft serial number AR-NZV

Click here to see large photo.

Abbas

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