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Planes of Pakistan Air Force

Meanwhile, a state run TV channel has reported that a loud blast was heard in Arabian Sea between Badin and Jati cities Saturday night.
However, further details about the blast were not received.
The cause and exact location of the blast is being ascertained.
The local people were in a state of fear after the blast, sources said

ONE MINUTE spacing was required because USA is 8700 MILES away

The ability of any aircraft, is exhibited as soon as it can be airborne in real time situation. SU-3MKI needs one minute spacing to take-off. Where as PAF Shaheen has been able to reduce the airborne time of A-5 aircrafts to less then one minute, which are considered to be oldest aircrafts serving today. One minute spacing means, a window of time span for PAF Shaheen to attack and destroy the rest of the SU-30MKI planes getting ready for taxi.

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Friday, August 31, 2007

Marriages split al Qaeda Alliance" Washington Times By David R. Sands - Iraq's Sunni tribes began turning against al Qaeda when the largely foreign-run terrorist organization tried to arrange forced marriages with local women to secure their foothold in the country, according to a top counterterrorism adviser to the U.S. coalition in Iraq. Australian Col. David Kilcullen, who just completed a tour as senior counterinsurgency aide to U.S. commander Gen. David H. Petraeus in Baghdad, said in an extensive analysis that the decision by the Sunni tribes to break with al Qaeda could prove a major — if unanticipated — boost to President Bush's surge strategy in the country. "The uprising represents very significant political progress toward reconciliation at the grass-roots level, and major security progress in marginalizing extremists and reducing civilian deaths," Col. Kilcullen wrote Wednesday in the military blog Small Wars Journal (http://smallwarsjournal.com/blog). With an estimated 30,000 Sunni fighters in Iraq now battling their former al Qaeda allies, "the tribal revolt is arguably the most significant change in the Iraqi operating environment for several years," he added in his entry titled "Anatomy of a Tribal Revolt." Mr. Bush has talked repeatedly about the improving security situation in Anbar province and other Sunni strongholds, saying the shift enhances the prospect for both security and political gains from the military surge

The Structure and Organization

Currently, the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) has around 65,000 active and 8,000 reserve personnel. Headquartered in Rawalpindi and under the command of the Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Abbas Khatak, it comprises of directorates for operations, maintenance, administration, and electronics. There are three air defense districts--north, central, and south and major bases at Sargodha, Malir, Masroor, Gilgit, Mauripur, Lahore, Mianwali, Peshawar, Quetta and Risalpur. It is challanged by the responsibility of providing support to ground, naval and paramilitary security forces and of defending the country against air attacks. Secondary missions include the provisions of air transport to groud troops when needed, the coordination of civil and military aviation activities, and the conduct of technical training for civil aviation specialists.
The air force is organized into eighteen squadrons, with a total of 430 combat aircraft. The mainstay of the air force is the F-16 fighter. Of the 40 aircraft originally acquired, 34 are in service, divided among 3 squadrons. Pakistan has an additional 71 F-16s on order, but delivery has been suspended since 1990 by the United States. Other interceptors include 8 Interceptor squadrons of 160 F-7Ps, 7 Fighter/Ground Attack squadrons of 70 F-6s, 60Q/A5s, 18 Mirage IIIs and 58 Mirage Vs and 1 Recce squadron of 12 Mirage IIPRs, thus constituting a total of 19 squadrons. For transport purposes PAF has 2 squadrons of 16 C-130 Hercules', 1 Lockheed L-100, 1 F-27 and 1 FALCON2+ aircraft for VIP duties. Training aircrafts include 4 squadrons of 80 MFI-17Bs, 25 FT-5s, T-37s, 11 F-16Bs, 15 FT-7Ps, 2 Mirage IIDPs, and 20+ K-8s. Pakistan also has ALOUETTE and PUMA helicopters. Air-to-air missiles include the Exocet, Sparrow, Sidewinder, and Magic.
The Officer Ranks in the order of hierarchy are Marshal of the Air Force, Air Chief Marshal, Air Marshal, Air Vice Marshal, Air Commodore, Group Captain, Wing Commander, Squadron Leader, Fight Lieutenant, Flying Officer and Pilot Officer.
Air Force also operates Air Force College at Risalpur as well as at Peshawar, Air Force Staff College at Karachi and the Air Force College of Aeronautical Engineering at Karachi for academic training.

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Amazing pics jaan. Now go post them in the "air power of Pakistan thread"!!

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23 March holds a Significant place in the History of Pakistan ISLAMABAD: The government is all set to mark Pakistan Day in a befitting manner on March 23. An armed forces' parade will be held at Jinnah Sports Complex to mark the day while the Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) administration, police and traffic police have chalked out comprehensive plans to ensure security, smooth flow of traffic on the day.Ok enclosed parade in Jinnah Sports Complex. Looks like Napak army is too afraid. Dur fitay mo.When i see Jinnah Sports complex my heart aches, coz parents of Lal Masjid students used to identify their kids in Jinnah Sport.

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Na tera Pakistan hai na mera Pakistan haiYe us ka Pakistan hai jo sadr-i-Pakistan hai

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The problem is this is a game theory situation with regards to weapon exporting nations where any realistic solution (meaning at least somebody sells arms) leads to a Pyrrhic victory based on the externalities (armed conflict). The optimal solution from a conscious standpoint is nobody sells either country arms but that is not realistic since all it would take is one person willing to sell out based on the Void Rule of Business: a void in any market does not last long.
If you are a complete pschopath you can invest in arms manufacturing. Otherwise do what you can to help limit weaponary exportation and usage.

Giant Carnivorous Centipedes

The world has many moist, warm, and dark cavities where phobia-inspiring organisms quietly lurk. The tropical climate of South America's Amazon jungle has an unnaturally large number of such pockets, and consequently that region is home to unnaturally large specimens.
One such example is the Scolopendra gigantea, a venomous, red-maroon centipede with forty-six yellow-tinted legs. These centipedes are the largest in the world, and they are more commonly known as Amazonian giant centipedes due to their massive size. Adults commonly reach lengths of over thirty-five centimeters– the length of a man's forearm. Not only are these creatures very swift runners, but they are also highly adept climbers, a skill which allows them to scale walls to enjoy some surprisingly ambitious prey.

Highlights

One of the highlights was photographing Red-tailed Hawks picking off gravid bats as 10 million departed a cave to begin their nocturnal feeding. The hawks managed to grab one or more bats mid air. Peregrine Falcons, Swainson’s Hawks, and Merlins joined in for the daily feast. And after the female bats have their young, 20 million bats will exit the cave each evening. (The male bats are off somewhere in Mexico while the females give birth.)
With 10 days to go in the contest, I was huffing and puffing up a hill with my 600mm, 1.4X teleconverter, camera body, and heavy-duty tripod along with a 400mm lens, camera body and tripod hoping to photograph the hawks’ bat attacks. As I reached the top of the hill I heard my 600mm lens vibrating a bit on my tripod. As I only had three steps to the top of the hill, I thought I would tighten it down when I got to the top. Too late - the 600mm lens fell from my shoulder to the solid rock at my feet. I can still see the lens rolling partway down the hill separate from the camera body and 1.4X teleconverter. Somehow the lens and camera survived but the tele was smashed.
Once a Painted Bunting landed within the minimum focusing distance and sang his song long enough to for me to hope for extra-point images. Another time a six-foot Indigo Bull Snake attacked and overpowered a resisting four-foot Coach Whip Snake.
It wasn’t until getting out of my blind or car and walking the land that I began to find even more interesting subjects to photograph, like any number of tiny bugs that feed on the flowers of the prickly pear cactus. A larger-sized, quite hairy tarantula spider raised a few of my own hairs as I zeroed in with the 180mm macro lens.
The PortfolioI submitted 75 images - 15 images each of birds, reptiles-amphibians, insects-arachnids-arthropods, mammals, and plants-landscapes. In all, I made almost 25,000 images in the 30-day period, spent two weeks in preparation or driving, and another two weeks editing. Photographers supplied actual slides or a digital storage device containing numbered sequences leading to and following all the images in their portfolio.
After the FactWould I do anything differently? Sure, I would get lower for my wide angles, research the area and subject matter a little more carefully, take better care of my equipment, and plan my activities to make certain each of the categories received equal time. I found myself concentrating on areas I do best such as bird photography.

FRONT LINE AIR FORCE

When on the 1979 Christmas Eve the Soviet Union sent in its army and air force to invade Afghanistan, Pakistan felt duty bound to become a sympathetic host to eventually 5 million refugees. For demanding Soviet withdrawal and providing shelter and unwavering support to the Afghans, Pakistan earned the animosity of Moscow and became a frontline state overnight. The United States led a coalition of solidarity with the Afghan Mujahideen and Pakistan. The lightly armed Afghans fought courageously a difficult, bloody war against the regular Soviet forces, supported by hundreds of gunship helicopters and jet fighter bombers. These aircraft frequently violated Pakistan's territory on the pretext of hitting the Mujahideen sanctuaries, killing many Pakistani civilians each time. The PAF's F-16s (available from 1983 onward) played a key role in bolstering the Mujahideen's morale and keeping the Soviet air power from crushing the resistance. The F-16 pilots were not allowed hot pursuit into Afghanistan, but fought some classic air combats during which they scored 7 kills without any loss. The Geneva Accord of March 1988 and the Soviet withdrawal in May replaced external aggression with internal war in Afghanistan, since the pro-Soviet government still held power in Kabul. Despite Pakistan's timely appeals little international support was pledged for taking the post-withdrawal Afghanistan through an era of peace and reconstruction. America's engagement with Afghanistan ended abruptly with the Soviet withdrawal, and Pakistan's role as a Cold War ally also ceased without ceremony as that war too ended in 1991. The Mujahideen factions, no longer united, began a race for Kabul and an interim joint government set up in 1992 was mired in feuds and discord. Efforts by the anxious Gulf States and Pakistan to reunite the factions failed each time due to ethnically based mistrust and overconfidence among the veteran warlords. The power struggle led to a civil war (1992-1994) that left each warlord weakened and destroyed most of the traditional tolerance within Afghanistan's multi-ethnic society. This vacuum was filled by the new, and initially popular, Taliban forces from Kandahar, which rapidly gained control over most of Afghanistan, capturing Kabul in late 1996. On 11 May 1998, India went overtly nuclear, perceiving an acquiescent world environment for its hegemonic ambitions. Two days later its Prime Minister threatened Islamabad with nuclear attack. Pakistan had long anticipated such behaviour and the PAF had already taken necessary anticipatory measures. Waiting two weeks to confirm its belief that Pakistan's restraint will not guarantee its security, Islamabad too carried out its nuclear tests at Chaghai on 28 and 30 May. Meanwhile, the Afghans continued to suffer with unchallenged power but no modern education or experience of running a country, the Taliban Government began to rule with harsh, unreasonable laws, based on questionable interpretation of religious tenets. The Taliban leaders were soon left without any friends except Pakistan, and they began to spurn the well-meant advice of even this last friend. The Taliban's repeated refusals to oust known terrorists made them an enemy to government, particularly after the shocking attacks on the Twin Towers and the Pentagon in September 2001. Pakistan strongly condemned these attacks and on its joining the international community's war on terrorism, the PAF was assigned vital national security tasks. Sensing an opportunity, India immediately began an arrogant display of its military power, while Pakistan, by the compulsions of its geo-strategic location, once again became a front line state.