Acquisition of J-15 for PAF- Air Superiority & Deep Strike Platfrom

[Khafee]

Waiting anxiously for these new toys though it looks too good to be true as of now.

Btw personally I will prefer F16V over any plane. Easily the best plane than any Russian flanker out there and if you arm it with aim 120 D, than its bye bye to Rafale as well.

@Khafee you have been the main source of possible F16V acquisition by Pakistan. Whats the latest on it and when we can have them in our colors ....just expected timelines will be enough if you dont want to reveal the exact month/year, incase you have definite information about it. What I know is, they have been offered but with full price tag which is a bit hard for us to finance. So have we made any progress in CSF arrangement with US ? Imran Khan and COAS met Trump and Pentagon chief respectively exactly this month last year and after that only you made your famous claims about F16V on pdf. So an year passed, almost nil information for public yet those claims are still strongly advocated by likes of you.

Do not derail this thread. Use the appropriate thread:

Pakistan Gets F16 -Blk70/72

Pakistan to get F16 -Blk70/72 29 July 2019 Pakistan Air Force has been offered 18 to 24 Blk 70 F16's manufactured by Lockheed Martin. The current existing fleet, all of it will undergo an upgrade to the Blk 70/72 specs, as well as Service Life Extension Program (SLEP) to bring the life of the...

world-defense.com

 

[Pakhtoon yum]

Not going to fall for your tricks

What tricks

 

[Khafee]

What tricks

baiting me to reveal my sources.

 

[Salza]

Do not derail this thread. Use the appropriate thread:

Pakistan Gets F16 -Blk70/72

Pakistan to get F16 -Blk70/72 29 July 2019 Pakistan Air Force has been offered 18 to 24 Blk 70 F16's manufactured by Lockheed Martin. The current existing fleet, all of it will undergo an upgrade to the Blk 70/72 specs, as well as Service Life Extension Program (SLEP) to bring the life of the...

world-defense.com

I have posted the same there. Thanks for providing me F16 thread.

 

[Pakhtoon yum]

bating me to reveal my sources.

Well we all know, according to the members on PDF that your source is PDF

Apparently you knew what people were going to post months down the road so you posted it here. That's how their mentality works

 

[Khafee]

If you are going for J series than either go big or don't go for it. One or two squadrons won't do. You need them in seriously large numbers

In your professional opinion, how many would suffice? i.e. what exactly is "in seriously large numbers"? Can you put a number on it?

 

[Khafee]

Well we all know, according to the members on PDF that your source is PDF

Apparently you knew what people were going to post months down the road so you posted it here. That's how their mentality works

 

[Salza]

In my opinion we should save our funds for F16 Vs and for deep strike platforms we should rather wait for J31s to get more mature for possible acquisition by the year 2025. If China can really come up with something meaningful in the form of J31/J35 than there is no point of inducting J15/J16s as of now. We really need to analyze progress of their J31 project. Whilst J31/J35 still may not turn out to be a true stealth fighter but it will surely be much more superior than any current Chinese flankers(J15/J16s/J11). In short, F16Vs and JF17s block 3s for now, while J31s from 2025 onwards.

 

[Zarvan]

In your professional opinion, how many would suffice? i.e. what exactly is "in seriously large numbers"? Can you put a number on it?

Retire Mirages and bring 10 Squadrons of these. Plus at least try to get 3 squadrons of F 16 BLOCK 72.

 

[Khafee]

According to @Khafee we are getting these J15s for Maritime role and for the protection of Gawadar port. They will work along with JF17s. So imo the numbers shouldn't less than 30 or more than 50

Sir, the dedicated EW version, will be used across the spectrum.

 

[Khafee]

Retire Mirages and bring 10 Squadrons of these. Plus at least try to get 3 squadrons of F 16 BLOCK 72.

The thread is about J15?

 

[Khafee]

In my opinion we should save our funds for F16 Vs and for deep strike platforms we should rather wait for J31s to get more mature for possible acquisition by the year 2025. If China can really come up with something meaningful in the form of J31/J35 than there is no point of inducting J15/J16s as of now. We really need to analyze their progress NOW in their J31 project. Whilst J31/J35 still may not to be true stealth fighter but it will surely be much more superior than any current Chinese flankers(J15/J16s/J11). In short, F16Vs and JF17s block 3s for now, while J31s from 2025 onwards.

JF17 leaves a gap, that gap cannot be left empty until J31/J35/J20 arrive. Baniya is under a lot of pressure, he wants to act now, NOT in 2025

 

[Gripen9]

Retire Mirages and bring 10 Squadrons of these. Plus at least try to get 3 squadrons of F 16 BLOCK 72.

10 SQN of J15/16? That is 180 aircraft.

 

[Salza]

Retire Mirages and bring 10 Squadrons of these. Plus at least try to get 3 squadrons of F 16 BLOCK 72.

LOL, easy to say rather than having them in real....we dont have $$$$ for all your wishes

 

[Khafee]

10 SQN of J15/16? That is 180 aircraft.