F-6 of Pakistan Air Force

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The Front Fuselage Of The PAF Shenyang F-6c.

A Number Of Details, Typical For Chinese Production, Can Be Observed In This View.

Wing Root Cannon Without Muzzle Brake And Gun Blast Panel, UHF Blade Antenna On The Port Nose, Repositioned Auxiliary Pitot Head, New Wing Pylon For Matra FFARs And An M-B Ejection Seat.

Note - Also The Camouflage Colors, With Gloss Finish, And The Different Style Of The Access Ladder.

 

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Air Marshal Nur Khan checks one of the first F-6 (MiG-19) delivered to Pakistan.

The type served PAF for thirty-five years and was finally retired in 2002, when the last F-6 squadron (No. 23 ‘Talons’) re-equipped with new F-7PG aircraft.

The type logged more than 400,000 sorties (approx 300,000 hrs) in 37 years. In total 260 F-6s were procured.

 

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Attractive FT-6 from No.15 "Cobras" Squadron.

Peshawar Air Force Base, February 1988.

 

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Pakistan Air Force Shenyang FT-5 (1 FCU), FT-6 (25 OCU) and Shenyang F-6 (14 OCU) in a right echelon formation near Mianwali.

 

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A late-model Pakistan Air Force Shenyang F-6 of No 14 Squadron (OCU) at Mianwali Airbase, showing the revised tail parachute stowage below the rudder, and Martin-Baker ejection-seat.

 

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1981

 

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Arrival at Sargodha Air Base, C in C Noor Khan sb