PAF Future Acquisition Plans

[FOOLS_NIGHTMARE]

The Chief of Air Staff of the Pakistan Air Force, Air Chief Marshal Zaheer Ahmed Babar today at a ceremony at the Central Air Command AOR confirmed the Pakistan Air Force’s plans to procure the Shenyang J-31 multirole stealth fighter jet from China. The CAS said that “the foundation for acquiring the J-31 Stealth Fighter aircraft has already been laid which is all set to become part of the PAF's fleet in the near future”.


Nearly all PAF SM sites are following this development.

 

[FOOLS_NIGHTMARE]

Seems like Pakistan will have two fifth-generation aircrafts within this decade.

 

[Sparten]

F31. Awesome.

 

[Trailer23]

I think I mentioned it in an earlier post on the DxB Air Show 2023 Topic [PDF 1.0) that I had spoken to a CATIC Representatives.

According to him, CATIC had been aggressively pitching the J-35 exclusively to the PAF, however, PAF had been insisting on the J-20.

Now lets all be realistic... We all know that a J-20 induction would be a bit far fetched, 'cause we just can't afford that. That being said, the J-35 ain't gonna be cheaper that the J-10 either. So to hear that we're going to be inducting the J-35 is news to me.

@Deino

 

[MS Sandhu]

The Chief of Air Staff of the Pakistan Air Force, Air Chief Marshal Zaheer Ahmed Babar today at a ceremony at the Central Air Command AOR confirmed the Pakistan Air Force’s plans to procure the Shenyang J-31 multirole stealth fighter jet from China. The CAS said that “the foundation for acquiring the J-31 Stealth Fighter aircraft has already been laid which is all set to become part of the PAF's fleet in the near future”.
View attachment 7066
View attachment 7067
Nearly all PAF SM sites are following this development.

Source?

 

[NGAD IS THE BEST]

The Chief of Air Staff of the Pakistan Air Force, Air Chief Marshal Zaheer Ahmed Babar today at a ceremony at the Central Air Command AOR confirmed the Pakistan Air Force’s plans to procure the Shenyang J-31 multirole stealth fighter jet from China. The CAS said that “the foundation for acquiring the J-31 Stealth Fighter aircraft has already been laid which is all set to become part of the PAF's fleet in the near future”.
View attachment 7066
View attachment 7067
Nearly all PAF SM sites are following this development.

Source?

 

[MS Sandhu]

Source?

Bol news reported this

 

[MS Sandhu]

 

[Bilal]

View attachment 7088

How will that impact J10Cs. Are we going to see numbers increase in parallel too? @Quwa

 

[FOOLS_NIGHTMARE]

Source?

Yaar every PAF-affiliated SM Site is talking about it. Do You want me to put them all here!

 

[FOOLS_NIGHTMARE]

 

[ety]

I thought they are going to get 5th gen fighters from Turkey instead all along ? J-31 revised version are going to ready to be deployed on Chinese aircraft carriers too.

 

[hussain0216]

I thought we were going down the turkey route?

 

[NGAD IS THE BEST]

I thought we were going down the turkey route?

KAAN will come after 2030 with indigenous engine (long term)

Whereas J35 will be few years away

 

[NGAD IS THE BEST]

I thought they are going to get 5th gen fighters from Turkey instead all along ? J-31 revised version are going to ready to be deployed on Chinese aircraft carriers too.

Title is wrong there are no more J31 but SAC testing J 35 (improved version of J31)