A-5, (Fantan) of Pakistan Air Force

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Pakistan Air Force Nanchang A-5III Fantan From No-7 Squadron At Peshawar Air Force Base, Early 1990's.

 

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PAF Nanchang A-5III Fantan 3W-126 16 Squadron, Peshawar AFB, February 1991.

 

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Peshawar 16 TAS flight line

 

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The A-5 was one beautiful aircraft.

 

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PAF Nanchang A-5III Fantan 3W-126 16 Squadron, Peshawar AFB, February 1991.

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looks like a Serbian airfield in the bosnian wars...love this pic.

 

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looks like a Serbian airfield in the bosnian wars...love this pic.

A good strike aircraft for its time with high endurance and load carrying capacity.

 

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PAF A5 from 16 Sqn.

 

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26 Sqn

 

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A four ship formation of PAF A5 from 26 Sqn

 

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[studsmart]

If my memory serves me well, I believe A5 in PAF service had 3 different pattern color schemes, one of which had blue in it.

iT seems no two A5 have identical color patterns