List of active Pakistan military aircraft
This is a list of military aircraft in active service with the Pakistan Armed Forces.
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Pakistan Air Force
| Type | Role | Variants | In service | Origin | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combat aircraft | |||||
| F-16 Fighting Falcon | Multirole | F-16AM | 27[1][2] | USA | Block 15 MLU |
| F-16BM | 17[1][2] | ||||
| F-16A | 9[1][2] | Block 15 ADF | |||
| F-16B | 4[1][2] | ||||
| F-16C | 12[1][2] | Block 52+ | |||
| F-16D | 6[1][2] | ||||
| JF-17 Thunder | Multirole | JF-17 Block I | 47[1] | China | [3][4][5] |
| JF-17 Block II | 62[1] | [6] | |||
| JF-17 Block III | 50 on order[7] | ||||
| JF-17B | 25[1] | [8][9] | |||
| Mirage III | Attack aircraft | Mirage IIIEP | 69[1] | France | |
| Mirage IIIO | Locally designated Mirage IIIEA. Upgraded to ROSE I[10] | ||||
| Mirage IIIEL | |||||
| Mirage IIIRP | |||||
| Mirage IIID | 18[1] | Locally designated Mirage IIIDA[10] | |||
| Mirage IIIDP | Upgraded to ROSE I[10] | ||||
| Mirage IIIBE | Locally designated Mirage IIIDF[10] | ||||
| Mirage IIIBL | |||||
| Mirage 5 | Attack aircraft | Mirage 5PA | 90[1] | France | |
| Mirage 5PA2 | |||||
| Mirage 5PA3 | |||||
| Mirage 5F | Locally designated Mirage VEF. Upgraded to ROSE II/III[10] | ||||
| Mirage 5DR | |||||
| Mirage 5DPA2 | 2[1] | ||||
| F-7 Skybolt | Air superiority | F-7P | 135[1] | China | |
| F-7PG | |||||
| FT-7P | 6[1] | ||||
| FT-7PG | |||||
| Transport | |||||
| C-130 | Tactical airlift | C-130B | 5[1][11] | USA | |
| C-130E | 9[1][11] | ||||
| L-100 | 1[1][11] | ||||
| Cn 235 | Transport | Cn 235-220 | 4[1][12] | Indonesia | 1 used as VIP transport |
| Saab 2000 | Transport | 6[1] | Sweden | Also used as Saab 2000 Erieye conversion trainer | |
| Y-12 | Utility | Y-12II | 3[1] | China | |
| Citation Excel | VIP transport | Ce560XL | 1 | USA | |
| Gulfstream IV | VIP transport | GIV-SP | 4 | USA | |
| Phenom 100 | VIP transport | 4[13] | Brazil | ||
| Tanker aircraft | |||||
| Il-78 | Aerial refueling | IL-78MP | 4[1] | Soviet Union | |
| Electronic Warfare | |||||
| Saab 2000 Erieye | AEW&C | 5[1] | Sweden | ||
| Shaanxi Y-8 | AEW&C | ZDK-03 | 4[1] | China | |
| Falcon 20 | ESM | Falcon 20F | 3[1] | France | |
| Trainer aircraft | |||||
| Mushshak | Primary trainer | MFI-17 | 120[1] | Pakistan | |
| MFI-395 | |||||
| T-37 Tweet | Primary trainer | T-37B | 29[1] | USA | |
| T-37C | |||||
| K-8 Karakorum | Advanced jet trainer | K-8 | 38[1] | China | |
| K-8P | |||||
| F-6 Farmer | Conversion trainer | FT-6 | 9[1] | China | |
| Helicopters | |||||
| AW139 | SAR | 12[1] | Italy | ||
| Mi-17 | SAR | Mi-171Sh | 6[1] | Soviet Union | |
| Alouette III | SAR | SA316B | 18[1] | France | Also used as rotorcraft trainer |
| SE316 | |||||
| AH-1 Cobra | Attack helicopter | 1[1] | USA | ||
| Aerospatiale Puma | Utility helicopter | 1 | France | ||
| Bell 205 | Utility helicopter | 5[1] | USA | ||
| Bell 412 | Utility helicopter | 412EP | 1[1] | USA | |
| Unmanned Aerial Vehicles | |||||
| Burraq | UCAV | Pakistan | |||
| Falco | Surveillance | Italy | Produced under license at PAC Kamra[14] | ||
| Shahpar | Surveillance | Pakistan | |||
| Jasoos | Surveillance | Jasoos II | Pakistan | [15] | |
| CH-4 | MALE UAV | 4 | China | [16] | |
Pakistan Army Aviation Corps
Pakistan Naval Air Arm
| Type | Role | Variants | In service | Origin | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fixed-wing aircraft | |||||
| P-3 Orion | ASW / Maritime patrol | P-3C | 6[1] | USA | Orion II.75 and PUP upgrade[17] |
| ATR-72 | Maritime patrol | RAS-72 | 2[1] | France | [18] |
| ATR-72-500 | 1 | [19] | |||
| Hawker 800 | Reconnaissance | 850XP | 1[1] | United Kingdom | |
| Lineage 1000 | Maritime patrol | 1000E | 1[20] | Brazil | 2 on order. To be configured as LRMPA[21] |
| Helicopters | |||||
| Sea King | ASW / SAR / transport | Mk.45 | 5[1] | United Kingdom | |
| Mk.45A | 1[1] | ||||
| HAR.3A | 1[1] | [22][23] | |||
| HC.4 | 1[1] | ||||
| Mk.2A | 10[24] | ||||
| Mk.3 | |||||
| Mil Mi-14 | SAR | 2[1] | Soviet Union | ||
| Harbin Z-9 | ASW | Z-9EC | 5[1] | China | |
| Alouette III | Utility | SA316 | 7[1] | France | |
| SA319 | |||||
| Unmanned Aerial Vehicles | |||||
| ScanEagle | Surveillance | USA | [25] | ||
| GIDS Uqab | Surveillance | Uqab II | Pakistan | [26] | |
| Luna X-2000 | Surveillance | Germany | [27] | ||
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