The following is a list of all active aircraft squadrons of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF), sorted by type. Squadrons are listed by their current names and roles.
Aerial Refueling Squadrons
Squadron | Nickname | Role | Command | Wing | Date Established | Base | Aircraft | Notes |
No. 10 Squadron | Bulls | Multi-role Tanker Transport | Air Defence Command | 35 Composite Air Transport Wing | 15 August 1959 | PAF Base Nur Khan | Il-78MP | [1] |
Aerobatics Display Squadrons
Squadron | Nickname | Role | Command | Wing | Date Established | Base | Aircraft | Notes |
PAF Formation Aerobatics Team | Sherdils | Aerobatics Display | Air Defence Command | College of Flying Training | 17 August 1972 | PAF Academy Asghar Khan | K-8P | |
PAF Falcons | Falcons | Aerobatics Display | | College of Flying Training | 1956 - 1966 | PAF Base Mauripur | F-86 Sabre | |
Paybills | | Aerobatics Display | | | 1952 - 1958 | PAF Station Drigh Road | Supermarine Attacker | |
Airborne Early Warning Squadrons
Squadron | Nickname | Role | Command | Wing | Date Established | Base | Aircraft | Notes |
No. 3 Squadron | Angels | AEW&C | Northern Air Command | 33 Tactical Wing | 1 July 1957 | PAF Base Minhas | Saab 2000 Erieye | [2] |
No. 4 Squadron | Karakoram Eagles | AEW&C | Southern Air Command | 32 TA Wing | 15 August 1959 | PAF Base Masroor | ZDK-03 | [3][4] |
No. 53 Squadron | Hawks | AEW&C | Southern Air Command | 41 Tactical Wing | 1 July 2021 | PAF Base Bholari | Saab 2000 Erieye |
Combat Squadrons
Combat Commanders' School Squadrons
Squadron | Nickname | Role | Command | Wing | Date Established | Base | Aircraft | Notes |
CCS F-16 Squadron (No. 29 Squadron) | Aggressors | Advanced Air Combat Tactics Development & Training | Central Air Command | PAF Airpower Centre of Excellence | 16 July 1988 | PAF Base Mushaf | F-16A/B MLU | [27][28][29] |
CCS JF-17 Squadron | Fierce Dragons | Advanced Air Combat Tactics Development & Training | Central Air Command | PAF Airpower Centre of Excellence | 26 January 2015 | PAF Base Mushaf | JF-17A/B | [30][31][32][28] |
CCS Mirage Squadron | Sky Bolts | Advanced Air Combat Tactics Development & Training | Central Air Command | PAF Airpower Centre of Excellence | 5 May 1976 | PAF Base Mushaf | Dassault Mirage IIIEA, Dassault Mirage 5PA | [27][28] |
CCS F-7PG Squadron (No. 23 Squadron) | Talons | Advanced Air Combat Tactics Development & Training | Central Air Command | PAF Airpower Centre of Excellence | 16 March 1961 (transferred to CCS from 31 AS Wing (Western Air Command), PAF Base Samungli (Quetta) in February 2023) | PAF Base Mushaf | F-7PG/FT-7PG | |
Electronic Warfare Squadrons
Search and Rescue Squadrons
Training Squadrons
Transport Squadrons
Unmanned Squadrons
See also
- Pakistan portal
- Aviation portal
References
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Last year saw the delivery of the first Il-78 Midas air-to-air refueller and also the first Russian aircraft into the inventory – hence the R in front of the serial. The newly established 10 Multi Role Tanker Transport Sqn at Chaklala operates the aircraft, which will be joined by a second example.
- ^ Warnes, Alan (July 2010). "On The Edge". Air Forces Monthly (July 2010). United Kingdom: Key Publishing Limited: 59. Archived from the original on 6 June 2010. Retrieved 9 July 2010.
After years of trying to acquire a much needed airborne early warning platform, Pakistan's first Saab 2000 Erieye was officially inducted into service, with 13 Squadron, on December 29, 2009. A second example followed in late April and the third and fourth will follow by the end of the year.
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- ^ "9 sqn "Griffins" (PAF)". www.f-16.net. Archived from the original on 29 June 2010. Retrieved 11 April 2010.
- ^ "F-16 Units - PAF 11th squadron". www.f-16.net. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
- ^ Dawn.com (2017-02-16). "PAF No.14 'Tail choppers' Squadron re-equipped with JF-17 Thunder jets". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
- ^ "Six China-made J-10C jets inducted into PAF". Dawn. 12 March 2022.
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- ^ "New Fighter Squadron added to Pakistan Air Force". Article. Islamabad, Pakistan: Pakistan Times. April 2007. Archived from the original on 7 July 2007. Retrieved 20 March 2010.
- ^ "PAF remembers creation of JF-17-equipped No 28 MR Squadron". Tribune.pk. 1 March 2022.
- ^ "PAF raises new JF-17 squadron at Samungli". geo.tv. Archived from the original on 2018-03-01.
- ^ Falcons, P. A. F. (2021-12-15). "Pakistan Air Force has raised a new No. 50 Tactical Squadron 'Saf Shikan". PAF Falcons. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
- ^ a b Pakistan Air Force, The Story of the Pakistan Air Force 1988-1998: A Battle Against Odds, Islamabad: Shaheen Foundation, 2000 (p. 290)
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- ^ "Pakistan tries to flex muscles; Creates PAF's "Aggressor Squadron" along the border with India in the Mushaf area". 20 March 2019.
- ^ "Pride of Pakistan JF-17 Thunder inducted into PAF CCS". The Nation. 2015-01-27. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
- ^ "JF-17 Thunder aircraft inducted in PAF Combat Commanders' School". 26 January 2015.
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- ^ "PAF's No 88 squadron equipped with Augusta helicopters - Associated Press of Pakistan". Archived from the original on 2018-03-06. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
- ^ "Re-equipment Ceremony of No 1 FCU, held at PAF Base Mianwali, Islamabad". Pakistan Air Force. Archived from the original on 2012-04-30.
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- ^ "PAF pays tribute to martyrs, ghazis of 1971 war". 14 December 2021.
- ^ "Flying Instructors School (FIS)". www.joinpaf.gov.pk. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
- ^ "Helicopter Flying Training School". www.joinpaf.gov.pk. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
- ^ "Air Chief Inaugurates Shooter Squadron at PAF Base MM ALAM". Pakistan Air Force Official Website. 11 December 2017. Archived from the original on 26 August 2022. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
- ^ "Transport Conversion School". www.joinpaf.gov.pk. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
- ^ "No. 6 Squadron 75th Anniversary (PAF Events)". Pakistan Air Force Official Website. Archived from the original on 2022-08-26. Retrieved 2022-09-27.
- ^ "DGPR Pakistan Air Force". Instagram (Press release). 22 August 2021.
- ^ Group Captain (R) Husseini & Pakistan Air Force. PAF over the Years (Revised ed.). Directorate of Media Affairs, Pakistan Air Force.
- ^ "PAF's cargo ship participates in International Air Tattoo show". Khyber News. 2017-07-13.
- ^ Air Cdre (Rtd.) Muhammad Ali & S.Khalil (29 November 2021). "Jinnah's Legacy A Tale of Burraqs'". Second To None. Directorate of Media Affairs Pakistan Air Force. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
- ^ S.Khalil (13 February 2021). "Markhors:New Beginnings". Second To None. Directorate of Media Affairs Pakistan Air Force. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
- ^ Khan, Farhat; Hashmi, Qadeer (2024). History of the Pakistan Air Force (2014-2023): The Next Generation Air Force (1st ed.). ISBN 978-969-7518-01-2.
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