Pakistan's Army Aviation
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Classic shot of a
Classic shot of a classic helicopter.
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Interesting CGI of a supposedly Pakistani Z-10ME from Weibo.
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Interesting news -
The tentative sale to Slovakia came after Washington's roughly $600 million FMS (Foreign Military Sales) sale of 12 Bell AH-1Z Vipers to Pakistan fell through in 2018, owing to diplomatic and geopolitical reasons. The U.S. then offered the same helicopters to Slovakia, including AGM-114 Hellfire II air-to-ground missiles and Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System rockets, at a total discounted price of around $340 million in Mar. 2023, which later increased to $600 million.
The AH-1Z Vipers helicopters for Pakistan were initially ordered under two U.S. FMS agreements in 2015 and 2016. The 12 helicopters were produced between mid-2017 and mid-2018 at Bell's manufacturing facility in Amarillo, Texas. However, in Jan. 2018, the U.S. government halted military sales to Pakistan over concerns over its inability to combat the Taliban and its aligned groups near the Afghan border.
The helicopters were therefore never delivered and were later stored at the 309th Aerospace Maintenance And Regeneration Group (AMARG), also known as the “Boneyard”, in Tucson, Arizona. The Pakistan Army Aviation Corps is already a user of the AH-1 Cobra made by Bell, with a fleet of AH-1F and AH-1S helicopters.
The Ukrainian government is negotiating with the United States over the purchase of 12 AH-1Z #Viper #helicopters, which #Slovakia had previously intended to buy. #Ukraine
Now Ukraine wants them!!
The tentative sale to Slovakia came after Washington's roughly $600 million FMS (Foreign Military Sales) sale of 12 Bell AH-1Z Vipers to Pakistan fell through in 2018, owing to diplomatic and geopolitical reasons. The U.S. then offered the same helicopters to Slovakia, including AGM-114 Hellfire II air-to-ground missiles and Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System rockets, at a total discounted price of around $340 million in Mar. 2023, which later increased to $600 million.
The AH-1Z Vipers helicopters for Pakistan were initially ordered under two U.S. FMS agreements in 2015 and 2016. The 12 helicopters were produced between mid-2017 and mid-2018 at Bell's manufacturing facility in Amarillo, Texas. However, in Jan. 2018, the U.S. government halted military sales to Pakistan over concerns over its inability to combat the Taliban and its aligned groups near the Afghan border.
The helicopters were therefore never delivered and were later stored at the 309th Aerospace Maintenance And Regeneration Group (AMARG), also known as the “Boneyard”, in Tucson, Arizona. The Pakistan Army Aviation Corps is already a user of the AH-1 Cobra made by Bell, with a fleet of AH-1F and AH-1S helicopters.
The Ukrainian government is negotiating with the United States over the purchase of 12 AH-1Z #Viper #helicopters, which #Slovakia had previously intended to buy. #Ukraine
Now Ukraine wants them!!
blueboy7862
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So hopes are alive...
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