Pakistani Air Force | MCQs

Explanation

The JF-17 was inducted into the PAF in February 2010.

 It is a fourth-generation aircraft developed jointly by

• The Chengdu Aircraft Corporation (CAC) of China
• The Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC)

Fifty-eight (58) percent of the JF-17 airframe is produced in Pakistan.

Forty-two (42) percent is produced in China

Manufactured

In China: June 2007 – present

In Pakistan: January 2008 – present

Introduction date: 12 March 2007

First flight: 25 August 2003

Explanation

Ayesha Farooq is the first lady fighter pilot of Pakistan.

She achieved this milestone in 2013.

She becoming a symbol of women's empowerment in the Pakistan Air Force.

Explanation

Flying Officer Marium Mukhtiar, born on May 18, 1992.

She was a Pakistani fighter pilot who died on November 24, 2015, when her PAF FT-7PG aircraft crashed near Kundian, Mianwali.

She was the first female combat pilot of Pakistan to die in a crash on duty.

Explanation

• The first Muslim Commander-in-Chief of Pakistan Air Force was Air Marshal Asghar Khan.
• He held this position from 1957 to 1965.

Explanation

The JF-17 was inducted in the PAF in February 2010.

Fifty-eight (58) percent of the JF-17 airframe, including its front fuselage, wings, and vertical stabilizer, is produced in Pakistan.

Whereas forty-two (42) percent is produced in China, with the final assembly and serial production taking place in Pakistan.

Explanation

In the 1965 Indo-Pakistani war, Pakistani fighter pilot M.M. Alam shot down five Indian fighter planes within a minute. 

Date: August – 23 September 1965

Location: South Asia

Result: Tashkent Declaration

Explanation

In December 2023, Officer Cadet Muhammad Talha of the Pakistan Air Force has been honored with the prestigious Sword of Distinction at the Australian Defence Force Academy.

Explanation

Air marshal is a commissioned three-star military rank in Pakistan Air Force

Air marshal is NATO's equivalent rank code of OF-8.

Air marshal is a rank above two-star air vice marshal

Air marshal is a below four-star air chief marshal,

it is the second-highest rank of a military branch in uniformed services distinct from the navy and army,

it is equivalent to the Vice-admiral of the navy and lieutenant general of the army

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ND3-12-2022

Explanation

Air Marshal Muhammad Asghar Khan, was a Pakistani politician .

Later a dissident serving the cause of pacifism, peace, and human rights.

Born: 17 January 1921 

Khan died on 5 January 2018 in Abbottabad,