Below is a list of aircraft currently in active service with the Pakistan Air Force.
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! Aircraft
! Manufacturer
! Origin
! Class
! Role
! Introduced
! data-sort-type="number" | In service
! Total
! Notes
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! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="9" | Combat Aircraft
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|J-10C Vigorous Dragon
|CAC
|
||Jet
||Multirole
|2022
|12
|12
|24 on order, 72 planned in total.
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|JF-17 Thunder
|PAC, CAC
|
|Jet
|Multirole
|2007
|134
|138
|JF-17A Block 1 (50), upgraded to block 2 standard.
JF-17A Block 2 (62)
JF-17B Block 2 (26)
JF-17C Block 3 (50 on order)
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|F-16 Fighting Falcon
|General Dynamics / Lockheed Martin
|
|Jet
||Multirole
|1983
|75
|85
|F-16AM Block 15 MLU (37)
F-16BM Block 15 MLU (17)
F-16A Block 15 ADF (9)
F-16B Block 15 ADF (4)
F-16C Block 52+ (12)
F-16D Block 52+ (6)
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|Mirage III
|Dassault
|
| Jet
| Multirole
| 1968
| 60
|135
| Several variants, typically with extensive Project ROSE upgrades. All Mirage IIIs are planned to be replaced by JF-17s. +more
|-
|Mirage 5
|Dassault
|
|Jet
| Attack, Reconnaissance
| 1970
| 69
| 139
| Several variants, typically with extensive Project ROSE upgrades. All Mirage 5s are planned to be replaced by JF-17s.
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|F-7PG Skybolt
|CAC
|
|Jet
| Interceptor
| 2002
| 53
| 60
|
All F-7PGs/FT-7PGs are planned to be replaced by JF-17 Block 3s.
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! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="9" | Trainer Aircraft
|-
|Karakorum-8 (K-8)
|Hongdu,
PAC
|
| Jet
| Intermediate Jet Trainer
| 1994
|60
|60
|K-8 (12)
K-8P (48)
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|T-37 Tweet
|Cessna
|
| Jet
| Basic Jet Trainer
| 1962
|69
|73
||T-37B/C. 20 refurbished ex-USAF T-37 delivered by end of 2008 to replace older T-37 or provide parts. +more T-37 to be eventually replaced with K-8P. On 28 October 2015, the Turkish Air Force transferred 34 T-37Cs to the PAF, including spares.
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| MFI-17 Mushshak
| PAC
|
| Propeller
| Primary Trainer
| 1974
| 145
| 151
| MFI-17 Mushshak (115).
Super Mushshak (30)
Some MFI-17 Mushshaks to be upgraded to Super Mushshak standard.
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! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="9" | Strategic Airlift & Aerial Refueling Aircraft
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|Il-78
|Ilyushin
|
| Jet
| Strategic Airlift Transporter/Aerial Refueler || 2009 || 4 || 4
| Il-78MP. Dual-role aerial refeulers and freighters. +more Ex-Ukrainian Air Force.
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! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="9" | Transport Aircraft
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|C-130 Hercules
|Lockheed Martin
|
| Propeller
| Tactical Airlift Transporter || 1963 ||16 ||25
| C-130B (5).
C-130E (7)
C-130H (6)
7 C-130H on order.
All C-130s overhauled and upgraded by PAC.
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|Saab 2000
|Saab
|
| Propeller
| Transport, Training || 2008 || 6 || 6
| Will also be used to train aircrew for the Saab 2000 Erieye AEW&C. +more Delivered in December 2008.
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| CN-235
| CASA
|
| Propeller
| Transport || 2004 || 4
| 4
| CN-235-220. 3 medium lift transporters. 1 VIP transporter.
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|Y-12
|Harbin
|
| Propeller
| Utility || 1993 || 2 || 2
| Y-12II
|-
| Airbus A310
| Airbus
|
| Jet
| VIP Transport || 2009 || 1 || 1
| A310-300. Previously operated by PIA.
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|Boeing 707
|Boeing
|
| Jet
| VIP Transport || 1986 || 2 || 3
| 707-320. Two transferred from PIA in 1986. A third aircraft in VIP transport configuration delivered in 1987. One aircraft sold to a private individual in 2008.
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|Citation V
|Cessna
|
| Jet
| VIP Transport || || 1 || 1
|
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|Gulfstream IV
|Gulfstream
|
| Jet
| VIP Transport || 2004 || 4 || 4
|
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|Phenom 100
|Embraer
|
| Jet
| VIP Transport || 2009 || 4 || 4
|
|-
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="9" | Airborne Early Warning & Control Aircraft
|-
|ZDK-03 Karakoram Eagle
|Shaanxi
|
| Propeller
| AEW&C || 2011 || 4 || 4
| | Developed specifically for the PAF, the ZDK-03 is a modified version of the Shaanxi Y-8F600 medium range transport aircraft with a Chinese AESA radar and radome mounted on top of the aircraft. Last two ZDK-03s were delivered in 2013.
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|Saab 2000 Erieye AEW&C
|Saab
|
| Propeller
| AEW&C || 2011 || 7 || 8 || Saab 2000 equipped with the Saab Erieye AEW&C system. Three aircraft were damaged after Minhas airbase attack, of which two aircraft were repaired at PAC. Three more aircraft delivered in 2019. One aircraft lost until date.
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! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="9" | Electronic Warfare Aircraft
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| Falcon DA-20
| Dassault
|
| Jet
| EW, ESM, ECM || 1986 || 3 || 3
| the DA-20 is a modified version of the Dassault Falcon 20 business jet.
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! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="9" | Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
|-
| Burraq
| NESCOM
|
| UCAV, UAV
| Reconnaissance, Strike || 2014 || 13
|13|| Inducted in November 2014. Around 13 examples are visible in a picture. Used jointly with Pakistan Army.
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|Shahpar-2
|GIDS
|
| UCAV, UAV
| Reconnaissance, Strike || 2021 || Unknown
|Unknown|| Currently in production.
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|Anka
|TAI,
NESCOM
|
| UCAV, UAV
| Reconnaissance, Strike || 2021 || Unknown
|Unknown|| Contract signed between TAI and NESCOM in August 2021 for joint production of Anka UCAVs with technology transfer to Pakistan.
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|Bayraktar TB2
|Baykar
|
| UCAV, UAV
| Reconnaissance, Strike || 2021 || Unknown
|Unknown|| Operationalized in January 2022.
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| Bayraktar Akıncı
| Baykar
|
| UCAV, UAV
| Reconnaissance, Strike || 2022 || Unknown
|Unknown||Plan to operate after 2023.
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| Wing Loong II
| CAIG
|
| UCAV, UAV
| Reconnaissance, Strike || 2020 || 50
|50||
|-
|Rainbow
|CASC
|
| UCAV, UAV
| Reconnaissance, Strike || 1999 || 5
|5|| CH-4. Some are older CH-3 drones upgraded to CH-4.
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|Jasoos II
|SATUMA
|
| UAV
| Reconnaissance, Training || 2010 || 46
|46|| Bravo+. Primary work horse for UAV Operations and Training Program.
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|Falco
|Selex ES,
PAC
|
| UAV
| Reconnaissance || 2007 || 26
|26|| PAF was launch customer for the Falco UAV in 2007. Manufactured under license at PAC since 2008 with technology transfer to Pakistan.
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|Shahpar
|GIDS
|
| UAV
| Reconnaissance || 2012 || 6
|6|| In service and in production.
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! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="9" | Helicopters
|-
| Mi-17
| Mil
|
| Helicopter
| Transport, Utility || 2010 || 40 ||
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| AW139
| AgustaWestland
|
| Helicopter
| SAR, Utility || 2018 || 14 || 14
| AW139M (14)
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