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In total, 29 Mirage 5Fs and six Mirage IIIBEs (respectively designated Mirage 5EF and Mirage IIIDF with the PAF) were delivered to Pakistan by air between 1999 and 2001, with five other aircraft delivered by boat to be overhauled by PAC (one single-seater crashed during an acceptance flight in France). [11] [12]
All Mirage IIIs being replaced by JF-17Cs and J-10CEs. [16] [17] [18] Mirage 5: Dassault Aviation France Jet Attack, Reconnaissance: 1970 79 139 Several variants with extensive Project ROSE upgrades. All Mirage 5s being replaced by JF-17Cs and J-10CEs. [18] [17] F-7: CAC China Jet Interceptor: 2002 53 60 [19] F-7PGs. All being replaced by JF ...
The No. 25 Squadron while equipped with Dassault Mirage 5EF ROSE-IIs took active part in the KPK Insurgency. The Close Air Support provided by the squadron's Mirages in several Counterinsurgency operations by the Government of Pakistan in the former FATA regions played an important role in flushing out most of the terrorist groups.
The Mirage 5 grew out of a request to Dassault from the Israeli Air Force.Since the weather over the Middle East is clear and sunny most of the time, the Israelis suggested removing the air intercept radar and its avionics, normally located behind the cockpit, from the standard Mirage IIIE to reduce cost and maintenance, and replacing them with more fuel storage for attack missions.
Replaced by Dassault Mirage IIIs and Dassault Mirage 5s: Lockheed F-104 Starfighter United States: Jet Fighter 1961 1972: 12: 10 x F-104A, 2 x F-104B. [citation needed] under Royal Pakistan Air Scouts Sikorsky H-19D United States: Helicopter Search and rescue: 1950s 1971: 8: First helicopter operated by the PAF. North American T-6G Harvard ...
Mirage Aircraft of the squadron The No. 27 Squadron , nicknamed Zarrars , is a tactical attack squadron from the No. 34 Wing of the Pakistan Air Force's Northern Air Command. It is currently deployed at Rafiqui Airbase and operates the Dassault Mirage-VEF ROSE-III aircraft.
The Chinese spy balloon that traversed across the US in 2023 was secretly fitted out with American technology that may have allowed it to spy on Americans.
Mirage F2: Strike fighter, a larger and more powerful version of the conventionally tailed F1. [4] Mirage G, G4 and G8: Variable-geometry (swing-wing) fighters. The G was effectively a swing-wing F2, while the G4 and G8 were twin-engined developments. [4] Mirage 4000 or Super Mirage 4000: Prototype larger version of the Mirage 2000 design.