ISLAMABAD – Alan Warne from Asian Military Review has revealed on Twitterthat PAF is getting a batch of Mirage 5 (or Mirage V) fighter aircraft fromthe Egyptian Air force. He tweeted:
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The PAF is set to receive a batch of Egyptian Air Force Mirage Vs over thecoming months. It’s a deal that has been under negotiation for a couple ofyears now. But has now been sealed. The bulk will be used to supportcurrent fleet but we could see some becoming operational too.Twitter Ads info and privacy link
He interviewed the PAF Chief ACM Mujahid Anwar Khan on Wednesday at AirHead Quarters Islamabad.link
PAF’s JF-17 Block 3 and the dogfight of 27th February came under discussionduring the meeting. He also tweeted about the downing of SU-30MKI and theMI-17 helicopter shot down by IAF itself
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The CAS confirmed the Su-30MKI kill in addition to the MiG-21 Bison. Alsoadded that the IAF Mi-17 that was lost was shot down by its own sidepossibly by a MiG-21, in a ‘red on red’ incident. He reiterated that no PAFF-16 pwas lost.Twitter Ads info and privacy link
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Alan Warne is a military aviation enthusiast and has traveled more than 60countries to experience diverse cultures.link
He is a regular visitor of Pakistan and has written two books about PAF aswell.
Mirage 5 is a supersonic attack fighter aircraft manufactured by FrenchCompany Dassault Aviation. It was developed from Dassault Mirage III in thelate 1960s. It’s a single jet aircraft with a delta wing design and cancarry a maximum load of 4000 kg.
PAF’s Mirage fleet consists of 90 Mirage III and 90 Mirage-5 aircraft forinterceptor and attack roles respectively. PAF modernized its Mirage jetsin an MLU (Mid Life Upgrade) program named Project ROSE (Retro Fit ofStrike Element) at Aeronautical Complex in Kamra.
Some of the birds have been modified to carry out night missions and carryother sophisticated systems like Forward-looking infrared (FLIR) imagingsensors and an integrated Electronic Warfare suite.
