🇵🇰⚡️🇮🇳 What new airframes have been added to the IAF and PAF inventories since the 2019 Operation Swift Retort?
Since 2019, both the Indian Air Force (IAF) and Pakistan Air Force (PAF) have expanded their fleets significantly, with 64 fighters added to the IAF and 70 fighters added to the PAF.
For India, the bulk of the new inductions consists of Rafale jets, delivering enhanced "multi-role" capabilities, particularly in strike, air superiority, and stand-off operations.
However, the PAF has emphasized air-to-air modernization, inducting platforms primarily equipped with AESA radar, a critical advantage in beyond-visual-range (BVR) engagements.
On the airborne early warning front, Pakistan further extended its lead by inducting six new Saab 2000 AEW&C aircraft since 2019, compared to only two new AEW&C units for India, one of which is still under DRDO control for research purposes and may only be pressed into active duty if absolutely necessary.
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Since 2019, both the Indian Air Force (IAF) and Pakistan Air Force (PAF) have expanded their fleets significantly, with 64 fighters added to the IAF and 70 fighters added to the PAF.
For India, the bulk of the new inductions consists of Rafale jets, delivering enhanced "multi-role" capabilities, particularly in strike, air superiority, and stand-off operations.
However, the PAF has emphasized air-to-air modernization, inducting platforms primarily equipped with AESA radar, a critical advantage in beyond-visual-range (BVR) engagements.
On the airborne early warning front, Pakistan further extended its lead by inducting six new Saab 2000 AEW&C aircraft since 2019, compared to only two new AEW&C units for India, one of which is still under DRDO control for research purposes and may only be pressed into active duty if absolutely necessary.
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🇵🇰⚡️🇮🇳 What new airframes have been added to the IAF and PAF inventories since the 2019 Operation Swift Retort? Since 2019, both the Indian Air Force (IAF) and Pakistan Air Force (PAF) have expanded their fleets significantly, with 64 fighters added to the…
🇵🇰🇨🇳⚡️🇮🇳 A critical factor to consider is that not all of India's Rafale fleet can be dedicated to Pakistan. A full squadron remains stationed at Hasimara to face China on the eastern front.
In contrast, Pakistan's entire new-generation fleet (Including the J-10C and JF-17 Block 3) is exclusively focused on the Indian threat, with no division of forces.
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In contrast, Pakistan's entire new-generation fleet (Including the J-10C and JF-17 Block 3) is exclusively focused on the Indian threat, with no division of forces.
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⚡️🇵🇰 Day 2 of the Indo-Pak standoff. For what it is worth, their aggressive posturing has united the Nation. @planenerd
⚡️🇵🇰 It's 2 hours past midnight, Day 3 of the Indo-Pak standoff. The long nights continue.
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🇵🇰⚡️🇮🇳 Interestingly, the Indian Navy has pulled back its INS Vikrant aircraft carrier from the Arabian Sea. Satellite imagery confirms that Vikrant is currently docked at INS Karwar, meaning it is no longer operational against Pakistan.
One possible reason for Vikrant’s withdrawal could be the Pakistan Air Force's rapid deployment of frontline assets to its Southern Air Command, including several squadrons of J-10C, JF-17 Block-III, and F-16 fighters. On the naval front, the absence of Pakistan Navy submarines posed an unseen threat, further compounded by the forward deployment of Zulfiqar- and Tughril-class frigates.
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One possible reason for Vikrant’s withdrawal could be the Pakistan Air Force's rapid deployment of frontline assets to its Southern Air Command, including several squadrons of J-10C, JF-17 Block-III, and F-16 fighters. On the naval front, the absence of Pakistan Navy submarines posed an unseen threat, further compounded by the forward deployment of Zulfiqar- and Tughril-class frigates.
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🇵🇰⚡️🇮🇳 It’s been amusing to watch some Indian OSINT accounts meltdown over the past 24 hours.
Desperate propaganda about the PAF’s "weaknesses," wild claims about S-400s magically wiping out entire EW architectures, and fantasy scenarios where Pakistan’s Air Force falls apart overnight.
Meanwhile, reality on the ground (and in the air) tells a very different story.
In the past two days alone:
PAF frontline assets (J-10C, JF-17 Block III, F-16) have been redeployed to Southern Command with full readiness.
We revealed liquid-cooled radars on JF-17s, disproving old myths.
We confirmed the operational deployment of PL-15 BVRAAMs.
We maintained absolute information discipline, while certain Indian circles called for banning Twitter just to "escape the Pakistani narrative."
"Do not interrupt your enemy when they are making a mistake."
If some want to believe PAF is still fighting with 1980s equipment, or that an S-400 will erase an entire war plan with one button press, let them.
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Desperate propaganda about the PAF’s "weaknesses," wild claims about S-400s magically wiping out entire EW architectures, and fantasy scenarios where Pakistan’s Air Force falls apart overnight.
Meanwhile, reality on the ground (and in the air) tells a very different story.
In the past two days alone:
PAF frontline assets (J-10C, JF-17 Block III, F-16) have been redeployed to Southern Command with full readiness.
We revealed liquid-cooled radars on JF-17s, disproving old myths.
We confirmed the operational deployment of PL-15 BVRAAMs.
We maintained absolute information discipline, while certain Indian circles called for banning Twitter just to "escape the Pakistani narrative."
"Do not interrupt your enemy when they are making a mistake."
If some want to believe PAF is still fighting with 1980s equipment, or that an S-400 will erase an entire war plan with one button press, let them.
@planenerd
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Also folks thank you for 2000+ subs.
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⚡️🇺🇸🇾🇪A US F/A-18 Super Hornet was lost in the Red Sea when a truck towing it on the USS Harry S. Truman's hangar bay lost control, sending both overboard. One sailor sustained a minor injury, but all personnel are accounted for.
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🇵🇰🇨🇳⚡️🇮🇳 Fake news alert: No PAF J-10C has crashed.
The image being shared actually shows a twin-seater J-10S of the PLAAF, a trainer version of the jet.
The PAF only operates the single-seat J-10C variant and does not field the J-10S.
This old, poorly edited picture is from October 2021, when a PLAAF J-10S crash-landed in the Jialu River in Henan province.
Both pilots safely ejected. There's even video footage of the crash from across the riverbank.
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The image being shared actually shows a twin-seater J-10S of the PLAAF, a trainer version of the jet.
The PAF only operates the single-seat J-10C variant and does not field the J-10S.
This old, poorly edited picture is from October 2021, when a PLAAF J-10S crash-landed in the Jialu River in Henan province.
Both pilots safely ejected. There's even video footage of the crash from across the riverbank.
@planenerd
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