Pak Fiza'ya Herc with extra antennas

Abbas Ali · Post by **Abbas Ali** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 4:41 pm

Nice photo of PAF's veteran C-130 Hercules with some extra antennas

Copyright Weimeng

Link to large photo: http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1010206/L/

Aftab PK786 · Post by **Aftab PK786** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 6:33 pm

Usalamulkium,

Excellent picture. Just for reference Abbas, do you know how many of this aircraft Pakistan Air Force has?

AP-BGL · Post by **AP-BGL** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 7:48 pm

Wow, thats an excellent shot, I always love to see C-130s of PAF... And this one is looking great and one thing to notice is that aircraft is really clean.

This might be the a/c in which the deadbodies of chinees engineers were carried to China, correct me if I am wrong...

Abbas Ali · Post by **Abbas Ali** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 7:12 am

Aftab PK786 wrote:Just for reference Abbas, do you know how many of this aircraft Pakistan Air Force has?

I think PAF has between 10 to 12 C-130s in its inventory. You can get exact figure from guys at www.pakdef.info

AP-BGL wrote:This might be the a/c in which the deadbodies of chinees engineers were carried to China, correct me if I am wrong...

No Adnan, this photo was taken a day before the killings took place.

PAF aircraft are frequently seen at Chinese airports due to strong military ties between China and Pakistan.

AP-BGL · Post by **AP-BGL** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 10:35 am

I see, thanks for the information Abbas Bhai.

hasan saleem · Post by **hasan saleem** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 12:32 pm

Pakistan Airtforce have 6 C-130 B, 6 C-130 E, one L-100-20, 4 Casa 235, 1 707

PAF had 6 in order C-130 E of which 2 have been delivered

AP-BGL · Post by **AP-BGL** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 5:30 pm

hasan saleem wrote:PAF had 6 in order C-130 E of which 2 have been delivered

New or used? Any idea the new which have been deleivered is with rotating or flashing beacon lights?

Moin · Post by **Moin** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 9:49 pm

Is this one of those 6 'reconditioned' C-130's the US is supposed to be offloading on us?

I'd love to see a pic of that as well as one of the newer F-16's were supposed to have received as well.

Abbas Ali · Post by **Abbas Ali** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 6:24 am

Moin wrote:Is this one of those 6 'reconditioned' C-130's the US is supposed to be offloading on us?

No, this one (serial# 14727) has been in service with PAF since 1970s. It was acquired from Imperial Iranian Air Force (IIAF).

An older photo of the same aircraft taken in 1978:

Copyright Ian Howat
Link to large photo: http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0320166/L/

Moin wrote:I'd love to see a pic of that as well as one of the newer F-16's were supposed to have received as well.

Here is one of them:

ISLAMABAD - December 13, 2005: Pakistan Air Force and US officers pose for photograph with one of the two F-16 aircraft after their arrival at the Chaklala airbase on Tuesday. The two F-16s are of the same category which are already operating with Pakistan Air Force. The purchase of the F-16s from US was finalized a few months ago. The two F-16s were flown by USAF pilots on their delivery flight to Pakistan.

Photo Info & Source: DAWN - online edition (December 14, 2005)

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Pak Fiza'ya Herc with extra antennas

Pak Fiza'ya Herc with extra antennas

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