Pakistan Air Force F16 Jet: Pakistan Air Force is going through poverty these days. Pakistan’s F-16 fighters are able to stand on the ground instead of flying. The Pakistan government is not even able to purchase spare parts for F-16. This poses a major threat to his security.
ISLAMABAD: Dreaming of a war against India, poor Pakistan’s condition has deteriorated to such an extent that it can’t even afford to repair its American fighter jets, F-16. These F-16 fighter jets of Pakistan Air Force cannot fly due to financial crisis.
In fact, Pakistan is facing a serious economic crisis and it is also facing difficulties in maintaining its F-16 fighters. This has had a severe impact on the Pakistani Air Force’s ability to defend the country. This bad news for Pakistan comes at a time when they are facing serious foreign and internal threats. Not only this, Pakistan is dreaming of capturing Indian Kashmir in collaboration with China.
Pakistan’s Mirage rebuild factory shows maintenance of F 16 fighter jets. This organization has given a big warning about serious financial crisis. He said $682,000 was to be paid under American foreign military purchases. If Pakistan does not pay this money, the F 16 fighter jets will not be repaired and spare parts will not be available. The Pakistani factory said the F-16 fighter jets are known for their strategic importance and the unavailability of spare parts would threaten their operational readiness. Necessary spare parts are not coming from America due to lack of money.
India strongly opposed the F-16 upgrade.
F16 fighter jet is the most important fighter jet for Pakistani air defense. With the help of these F-16s, Pakistan shot down an Indian MiG-21 jet after the Balakot airstrike. India also shot down a Pakistani F-16 fighter jet in a counter-attack. Pakistan purchased a total of 40 F-16 fighter jets from the US in the 1980s. After this, these aircraft have been upgraded several times. America had put strict conditions before giving this plane to China so that it would not know its secret.
Pakistan has developed the JF 17 fighter jet in collaboration with China. In 2022, the US provided $450 million in aid to Pakistan to upgrade its fleet of F 16 fighter jets. India strongly opposed this aid. Earlier, former US President Donald Trump stopped security assistance to Pakistan.
Pakistan was helping the Taliban which angered Trump. While the US gave Pakistan F-16s, it offered India the more lethal F-21s and F-35s.