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Eagles in the air:
A formation of No.25 Sqn 'Night Strike Eagles' Mirage-VEF and Mirage-IIIDP aircraft. No.25 Sqn operates from Rafiqui Air Base, Shorkot in night strike and interdiction role. All of its single and dual seat Mirages are equipped with Forward Looking Infra Red (FLIR) (placed under the cockpit) , which gives its operates better situational awareness at night.
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Mirages and fading sun:
A Mirage formation fly past a fading sun during an evening patrol mission.
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Offensive BFM:
An Offensive Basic Fighter Manoeuvres (BFM) is a dogfight manoeuvre in which one aircraft is behind the other. The one in 'cross hair' has to aviod cannon fire and missiles by manoeuvring using special air combat tactics, keeping in mind the G-limitations and energy state limitations of his/her fighter aircraft.
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Tanker and Mirages:
An IL-78 Multirole Tanker/Transport flying with a buch of Mirage-III/V aircraft. IL-78 MRTT has a hose drogue refuelling system with a capacity of carrying 85,720 kg(188,977 lb) fuel. Read More:
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Zarrars formation:
A five ship formation of No.27 Sqn Mirage-VEF and Mirage-VDD aircraft flying over Indus river. Navigationa and Attack System (NAS), Forward Looking Infra-red (FLIR) sensors and Night Visions Goggles (NVG) allow No.27 Sqn Mirages to perform both day and night missions with equal percision.
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Bandits at sea:
A No.7 Sqn Mirage-IIIEA
formation flying over Arabin sea. No.7 Tactical Attack Sqn also conducts pre-CCS courses for Mirage-III aircraft.
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Combat School's Mirage :
A Combat Commanders School's Mirage-IIIEA
during a training flight. CCS
received ROSE-I upgraded Mirages in 2003. The unit is tasked with advance tactical flying
to sharpen the skills of pilots who are proficient in Mirage aircraft.
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Mirages and sun:
A Mirage formation flying
through golden skies of a fading day. Even after 44 years of service, Mirages
are still considered a reliable
and combat ready platform in
PAF.
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Mirage firing sidewinder :
A No.7 Sqn 'Bandits' Mirage
firing Aim-9L sidewinder missile. No.7 Sqn operates Ex-RAAF ROSE-I
Mirage-III aircraft.
Over past few years unit has
participated in various multinational exercises which include Exercise Falcon
Talon(2005 and 2009),
Al-Saqoor-I(2006),
Bright star(2009 ), Falcon Air meet (2010) etc.
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Night Strike Eagles in flight :
A No.25 Sqn 'Night strike eagles'
Mirage formation during a training mission. The unit operates ROSE-III upgraded
Mirage-V aircraft.
Some
dual seat examples equipped with Forward looking infra-red (FLIR) are also part
of unit's inventory.
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Thirsty Mirages :
A No.27 Sqn 'Zarrars' Mirage
prepares to refuel from Il-78 tanker, whereas other two aircraft from No.7 Sqn
'Bandits' wait for their turn.
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Eagles Break! :
A ROSE Upgrade Mirage-VEF
formation from Jacobabad based No.25 Sqn 'Night Strike Eagles' splitting
their flight paths during a training sortie. The unit received Mirage-VEF
aircraft in Sep 1998 under the Blue Flash-VI programme, all aircraft were later
upgraded to
ROSE-III at Mirage Repair
Factory (MRF), PAC Kamra. |
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Mirages and Sun:
A
two ship formation of No.22 OCU Mirages during an evening patrol.
PAF acquired 70 Ex-Lebanese Mirages, only 10 were put into service the
rest are turning out to be a good source of repairs.
See an Example of
Roll out ceremony of roll-out ceremony of ex-Lebanese Mirage-III
aircraft at MRF, PAC Kamra |
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Mirage and Tanker :
A Mirage-III aircraft flying along
IL-78 Midas aircraft. Air to Air refueling is an art and requires too much
training. |
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Mirage-III at Karakorum:
A Mirage-IIIDP from No.22 OCU flying
over the mighty Karakorum Range. The unit received 6 of the type along with 11
Mirage-VEF in 2001. Three years later Mirage-VEF were sent to PAC for ROSE
upgraded and unit was allotted ex-Lebanese Mirage-IIIEE/EL aircraft, which are
still flying in the unit. |
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Ra'ad launch:
An Ex-Libyan Mirage-VDD firing
Ra'ad
cruise missile at the target. Ra'ad
is designed to attack fixed enemy installations at stand-off range, keeping the
launching aircraft away from enemy air defence systems. |
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Mirages and sunset:
No.5 Sqn Mirages formation
flying over Shorkot. The unit operated Mirages from 1968-June 2010 in both tactical attack and reconnaissance
role, flying multiple variants of Mirage-III/V aircraft which include
Mirage-III EA/DA/EP/RP and Mirage-VDR. |
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Mirage refueling prototype:
This No.7 Sqn Mirage-III was the
first PAF Mirage to get aerial refueling probe. PAF has bought 30 refueling
probes which will be fitted in
ROSE upgraded
Mirages. |
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Mirages near dawn:
Combat Commanders School (CCS) Mirages
flying just before the day break. Round the clock ADA duties are performed by
multiple Mirage squadrons in different sectors of Pakistan. |
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Mirages on bombing mission:
A Mirage-VEF formation on a
strike
mission. Mirage-V's air to ground armory include 500lb GP and Snakeye bomb,
PSD-1 Cluster Bomb and Durandal Anti-runway bombs. Air Weapon Complex made
HAFR-1 and HAFR-2 anti-runway weapons (variants of the Matra Durandal)
and Ra'ad Cruise missile makes PAF
Mirages even more deadly. |
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Night Strike Eagles on Patrol:
A No.25 Sqn formation of
Mirage-VEF on a routine sortie. The unit is a Night Tactical Attack Squadron
operating ROSE Mirage-VEF with Forward Looking Infra Red (FLIR) and Night Vision
Goggle (NVG) Systems. |
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