Mirage III / V of Pakistan Air Force

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List of aircraft of the Pakistan Air Force

A list of all past and current aircraft in service with the Pakistan Air Force (PAF). Pakistan Air Force – official website Pakistan Air Force (PAF) Falcons - Second to None GlobalSecurity.org – factsheet on the Pakistan Air Force

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Dassault Mirage IIIMirage IIIEP / IIIDP Mirage IIIO / IIIOD Mirage IIIO ROSE I Mirage IIIEE / IIIDE Mirage IIIEL Mirage IIIRP	1968 1968 1990 1990s 1990s 1990s ~1968	MR Recce	17/3 12 33 22/2 9 15	75	Five lost to crashes 15 June 1994, 19 March 1995, 15 February 2008, 18 March 2008, and 16 December 2009. New build: First Dassault Mirage IIIEP delivered in early March 1968[39] and a total of 3 Mirage IIIDP, 18 Mirage IIIEP, 3 Mirage IIIRP delivered in 1968–1971. Ten more Mirage IIIRP were ordered in August 1975 for delivery in 1977 bringing Mirage IIIRP total to 13. Mirage III fleet upgraded with Litton LW-33 Nav/attack system and Thomson-CSF HUD under service life extension programme circa November 1982. Second-hand: 43 Mirage IIIO, 7 Mirage IIIOD from Royal Australian Air Force delivered in 1990, 12 were overhauled and put into service, 33 selected for upgrade after inspection and 5 broken up for spare parts. 22 Mirage IIIEE, 2 Mirage IIIDE from Spanish Air Force delivered in the 1990s. 9 Mirage IIIEL from Lebanese Air Force delivered in 1990s. 40 Mirage IIIE from French Air Force (upgraded by SAGEM) delivered from 1996 onwards. Delivery of used Mirage III/5 from France suspended in 1999 due to Kargil conflict, first batch of 8 delivered in April 1999, next batch of 8 aircraft not delivered until October 1999. Retrofitted with South African frequency-hopping radios. 33 Mirage IIIO modernised with ROSE I upgrade package in the mid to late 1990s. 33 Dassault Mirage III and 34 Mirage 5 aircraft have been modernised under the ROSE (Retrofit Of Strike Element) upgrade programme. Mirage III ROSE fighters specialise in multiple roles including air superiority and strike, while Mirage 5 ROSE fighters specialise in the night-time strike role. Mirage III's are expected to remain in service till 2017.
Dassault Mirage 5 5PA-2 5PA 5DPA-2 5PA-3 Mirage 5F ROSE II Mirage 5F ROSE III	1973 ~1973 ~1973 ~1973 ~1973 1990s 2000s	FGA T FMA	18 28 2 12 20 14	82	Three lost to crashes 3 May 2011, 19 October 2011, and 11 May 2012. New build: 4 Mirage 5DPA delivered in 1973. 28 Mirage 5PA, 30 Mirage 5PA-2/5PA-3, 2 Mirage 5DPA-2 delivered during 1973–1979. ~26 of 32 Mirage 5PA were delivered by November 1982. Second hand: 34 Mirage 5F modernised with ROSE upgrade package, 20 ROSE II in late 1990s and 14 ROSE III in early 2000s. Retrofitted with South African frequency-hopping radios. Mirage 5 be replaced with JF-17 by 2017.

 

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Mirage VPA3

 

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After almost 50 years of training the Mirage combat commanders for PAF, the CCS Mirage "Skybolts" squadron has been number plated as a part of dynamic process of phasing out old aircraft and paving way for new smart inductions.

CCS Mirage Squadron was established in 1975.

 

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Just an old photo of the first PAF Mirage-IIIRP in an interesting configuration.

 

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MUPSOW

As far as I remember this was posted by sir p.shamim in jf17 thread way back.

 

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How many Mirage fighter jets does the PAF have?