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Monday, August 20, 2007

PAF to modernise fleet


FC-1 / JF-17 Thunder fighter aircraft

Air Chief Martial Tanveer Mehmood Ahmed has said that more than 300 warrior aircrafts, missiles and an early warning system will be acquired at a cost of $ 9 billion to modernise the Pakistan Air Force.

In an interview with a private TV channel, Tanveer Mehmood Ahmed said Pakistan Air Force plans to modernise its fleet by replacing aging aircrafts with more than 300 multi-roll combat aircrafts including the American F-16s and Chinese JF-17 thunder fighter jets and J-10 aircrafts over the next few years.

He further said, “We are looking forward to changing most of our Mirage, A-5 and F-7 aircrafts which total number touched to the figure of two hundred and fifty.

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