More than a dozen Pakistan air force plane crashed in about the past eighteen months, worrying healthy aging fleet officials are trying to upgrade, because of lack of money.
A significant number of air combat aircraft is nearly half a century, in recent years have been calling for help in the army against domestic taliban militants, has caused thousands of people. This increases the always pay attention to the threat of attack from Pakistan's neighbors and the main enemy, India's power of meet an emergency.
Pakistan has become the United States and China's modern air force help, but economic difficulties, the government budget is tight, even for the country's powerful military.
Tension and the United States in a series of problems, including last year, killing osama bin laden secret raid, also did not help.
, a former senior Pakistan air force officer, the clashes firm DE chaudhry said, crashed planes quantity will be worrying any air. "
Chaudhry said: "if I were air force commander, of course I don't want to see more than ten lost plane,". "Obviously, we need to put these Numbers down."
Since since May 2011 at least 13 plane has crashed, because the technology problems, according to the ap keep a record. , the air force no response for the collapse of the comments.
A recent accident happened on November 22, in central punjab routine night training task, kill the pilot, of cable company's phantom fighter planes crash, and on board. The air force says it is investigating the cause of the accident, but witnesses said the plane before the fall of the sky.
Nearly half of the plane has crashed for decades phantom aircraft. They make up at least a quarter of the force of about 400 frame combat aircraft fleet, according to the web site GlobalSecurity.org. Many people set up nearly fifty years ago from foreign troops retired, they have.
"We bought them in almost thrown away price, bring it to them, overhaul and continue to operate them, said:" the Pakistan air force chief of staff Tampa mahmoud Wells. "This is our due to restrictions in terms of the money, we have to force."
Chaudhry, a former senior air force officials say a mirage is a "very strong platform", should not be not easy.
"But, when you have an operating combat environmental dynamics, the problem is often is there, said:" chaudhry.
The collapse of the questions, not only for the age of the aircraft, but flying maintenance habit, gaza Judd · HaiDeEr said, the famous former air force pilot wrote a book about service.
Other aircraft has been declining, including chengdu F - 7 fighters from China's JF - 17 "lightning" fighter common development of China and Pakistan Mushshak training division, a propeller aircraft to buy.
Operation of the most advanced fighter, Pakistan air force F - 16 fighting falcon fighter, including sixty years old, in the past thirty years, the United States in the batch purchase.
U.S. military support to stop in the 1990 s, due to Pakistan's nuclear program sanctions, but were restored in 2001, Washington need to Islamabad campaign against al-qaida and the taliban in Afghanistan's support. Military aid is mainly dry again in the past two years, because of the tensions between the two nations rise, even though the United States to provide more a dozen new purchase F - 16 aircraft from Pakistan. Pakistan to help the Chinese air force one of the reasons for the country and the United States is the trouble
The government buys from China 100 frame F - 7 fighter, mainly in the 1980 s, according to the report, order more advanced FC - and fighter in recent years. Pakistan also in domestic production, and the development of Chinese common JF - 17 fighter, but it is not yet in a comprehensive service.
Mahmoud, he from 2006 as air force commander "JF - 17 project is in my tenure, through the push, said:" because we know we can't stand the old "phantom" and some of our old China plane for a long time in 2009.
The current head of the pneumatic, tower hill rafiq docking, told Pakistan's senate committee of national defense in late November, force is struggling, with modern equipment and technology, because the shortage of funds, the head of the committee, said MuSha sid hussein.
Although Pakistan's military spending rose about 20% of the government's budget, the air force is lower than the totem pole powerful army.
Hussein said, the air force is doing the best, it is what, but recent collapse "are linked to use is fast becoming obsolete and outdated technology."
"This strengthened the air force told us that a lack of resources," said hussein.


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