Attrition losses PAF only 2016 onwards

[Areesh]

Good that both pilots are safe

 

[Fatman17]

Glad pilots are safe.

Think we are the only country still operating T-37!?

High time we retired these aircraft.

 

[Yasser76]

High time we retired these aircraft.

Yes, unsure how we obtain spares for them and indeed the cockpits must be ancient. Also no ejection seats.

 

[Jammer]

Yes, unsure how we obtain spares for them and indeed the cockpits must be ancient.

Yes, unsure how we obtain spares for them and indeed the cockpits must be ancient. Also no ejection seats.

The T37 is a good little trainer and a smooth, safe and confidence inspiring intro to fast jet flying. However, plans are under way to phase them out. To further clarify, the aircraft is equipped with dual ejection seats. We do not know the reason behind the collision so one cannot be sure if it was anything to do with the aircraft or pilot error etc. Overall the T37 is a great trainer.

 

[Yasser76]

When did T-37 get ejection seats?!

 

[ThrustVector998]

Mid air collision with another aircraft. One landed safely (carrying two IP's) the other was badly damaged and crashed. I belive the aircraft that crashed carried a cadet and an IP, both ejected safely.

Source?

 

[Fatman17]

Yes, unsure how we obtain spares for them and indeed the cockpits must be ancient. Also no ejection seats.

Purchased 20 from SKorea for spares and nearly 40 from Turkey for the same reason.

 

[Lone Ranger]

TikTok - Make Your Day

 

[Jammer]

When did T-37 get ejection seats?!

Always.

 

[Jammer]

Source?

Internal. You don't have to believe it.

 

[Fatman17]

: Oct 8

N: Pakistan Air Force

T: Cessna T-37

Following a suspected technical malfunction, this aircraft was destroyed when it crashed in a heavily wooded, mountainous area in the Gandaf region of Swabi district. Both crewmembers ejected safely with only minor injuries.

 

[Clairvoyant]

: Oct 8

N: Pakistan Air Force

T: Cessna T-37

Following a suspected technical malfunction, this aircraft was destroyed when it crashed in a heavily wooded, mountainous area in the Gandaf region of Swabi district. Both crewmembers ejected safely with only minor injuries.

It was not a technical malfunction but rather a midair collision between two T.37's, the other one landed gears up without it's nose cone.

 

[ghazi52]

Sqn Ldr Ahmed Shaheed
Jan 7,2025
May The departed Soul Rest In Peace Ameen

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[ghazi52]

K-8 aircraft of PAF crashed today
Pilot Embraced Shahadat

 

[ghazi52]

PAF training jet crashes in K-P, killing pilot​

The Pakistan Air Force has initiated an inquiry to determine the cause of the crash.

News Desk
January 07, 2025

A Pakistan Air Force (PAF) pilot, Squadron Leader Ahmed Mian, was martyred on Tuesday as training K8 aircraft on routine operational training mission crashed in fields near the runway in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa's Risalpur, Express News reported.

According to reports, the aircraft took off from the Asghar Khan Academy in Risalpur and was performing a routine low-level flight when it crashed into the field just a short distance from the runway.

Upon receiving the crash report, senior military officials immediately arrived at the scene. Personnel from the Air Force, Army, and Police took control of the area and launched an investigation.

The fire brigade successfully controlled the blaze that had engulfed the aircraft, after which rescue teams removed the body of the martyred pilot and transferred it to a hospital. The Pakistan Air Force has initiated an inquiry to determine the cause of the crash.