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| 2 PAF men charred as fuel tank of jet fighter falls over post | |
| 2004-02-16 | |
Two personnel of Pakistan Air Force (PAF) men were burnt to death when a fuel tank of a jet fighter of Pakistan Air Force (PAF) fell over the guard post of Peshawar Airbase on Sunday. Spokesman Sarfraz Ahmed Khan said that an F-5 fighter plane of PAF developed some technical fault soon after it took off from Peshawar base and one of its extra fuel tank fell over a guard post of same base, which claimed the lives of two PAF men performing their duties on the post. However, the pilot succeeded in landing the jet safely on the base. The deceased were identified as Hawaldar Muhammad Rashid, resident of Jhang and Ijab Hussain resident of Rawalpindi. The dead bodies were later sent to Combined Military Hospital (CMH) for an autopsy. The spokesman said that heirs of deceased PAF men would be compensated in accordance with the rules of the PAF.
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| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #8 According to all the TOEs I've looked up , the PAF didn't have US-built F5s, but rather the FT-5 (aka F-5, copy of Chinese J-5, MiG-17 variant). I gather they're either in use of trainers or phased out. Currently the PAF operates F-16s, F-7s, Dassault Mirage IIIs and Dassault Mirage Vs, and the A-5 in the attack role. Maybe they got the A5 mixed up with the F5? |
| Posted by: Pappy 2004-2-16 10:54:09 PM |
| #7 It would be fun to see an F-5 match up with an Indian Gnat (I doubt any are left). Sort of a bantamweight championship. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-2-16 1:18:30 PM |
| #6 Should've just flown over Pakistan and bail out. The planes would find a suitable target somehow, I'm sure. At least in theory, since they're good at beng the targets. |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2004-2-16 11:52:09 AM |
| #5 Isn't the MIG21 responsible for decimating the Indian Air Force? The problem with that is that they were flying them at the time. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2004-2-16 11:30:11 AM |
| #4 Thanks ed. I should have distinguished between the two. I forgot about the F-5 Tiger. The F-5 is the Chinese export variant, they also have the F-6 and F-7 from the PRC. No match for the MiG-25 and MiG-29's India flies but they are'nt completly defenseless. We haven't sold aircraft to PAK for a while due to the Nuke issue. |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2004-2-16 11:28:57 AM |
| #3 The F-5 is a 50-60's US export fighter. You are thinking of the J-7/F-7, the Chinese clone of the MiG-21. |
| Posted by: ed 2004-2-16 11:17:01 AM |
| #2 This is what happens when you buy PRC fighters and not American! Actually, this is an American fighter. It doesn't say much for maintenance standards at the PAF that a wing tank could actually fall off. The T-38 is the trainer version of the F-5. I read somewhere that the F-5 is still in Singapore's armory, which means that it's still a useful airplane, despite its age, and the fact that it was manufactured for Third World air forces. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2004-2-16 11:16:56 AM |
| #1 This is what happens when you buy PRC fighters and not American! About ten odd years ago the leading PAK pilot was killed when getting a 'joy ride' in a PRC 'fighter' jet. Bottom line: you get what you pay for. |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2004-2-16 10:36:36 AM |