Below is a list of aircraft currently in active service with the Pakistan Air Force.
|- ! Aircraft ! Manufacturer ! Image ! Origin ! Class ! Role ! Introduced ! data-sort-type="number" | In service ! Total (acquired) ! Notes |- ! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="10" | Combat Aircraft |- |F-16 Fighting Falcon |General Dynamics, <br />Lockheed Martin | |United States |Jet ||Multirole |15 January 1983 |75 |85 |F-16A MLU (31)<br/> F-16A ADF (9)<br/> F-16B MLU (23)<br/> F-16B ADF (4)<br/> F-16C Block 52 (12)<br/> F-16D Block 52 (6) |- |JF-17 Thunder |Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC), <br />Chengdu Aerospace Corporation (CAC) | |Pakistan,<br>China |Jet |Multirole |18 February 2010 |156 |161 |JF-17A Block 1 (50)<br> JF-17A Block 2 (62)<br> JF-17B Block 2 (26)<br> JF-17C Block 3 (23)<br> Total 300+ aircraft ordered. |- |J-10 Vigorous Dragon |CAC | |China ||Jet |Multirole | 11 March 2022 |20 |20 |J-10CE. Total 36 aircraft ordered. |- |Mirage III |Dassault Aviation | |France | Jet | Multirole | 1968 |49<br/> |135 |Mirage IIIB (2)<br/> Mirage IIIOD (7)<br/> Mirage IIIEP (30) Mirage IIIRP (10)
Some upgraded by Project ROSE. All Mirage IIIs being replaced by JF-17s and J-10CEs. |- |Mirage 5 |Dassault Aviation | |France |Jet | Attack | 1970 | 37<br/> | 139 |Mirage 5PA/5PA2 (25)<br/> Mirage 5PDA/5PDA2 (2)<br/> Mirage 5PA3 (10)
Some upgraded by Project ROSE. All Mirage 5s being replaced by JF-17s and J-10CEs. |- |F-7PG |CAC | | China |Jet | Interceptor | 2002 | 53 | 60 | All F-7PGs being replaced by Block 3 JF-17Cs. |- ! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="10" | Trainer Aircraft |- |K-8 |Hongdu, <br/>PAC | | China,<br>Pakistan | Jet | Intermediate Jet Trainer | 1994 |58 |60 |K-8 (12)
K-8P (48)
Produced under license by PAC, designated as Karakorum-8 (K-8). |- |T-37 Tweet |Cessna | |United States | Jet | Basic Jet Trainer | 1962 |69 |73 ||T-37B/C. Older T-37s to be eventually replaced with K-8Ps. |- | MFI-17 Mushshak | PAC | | Pakistan, <br />Sweden | Turboprop | Primary Trainer | 1974 | 145 | 151 | MFI-17 Mushshak (115)
Super Mushshak (30)
Some MFI-17 Mushshaks to be upgraded to Super Mushshak standard. |- ! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="10" | Strategic Airlift Transporter/Aerial Refueling Aircraft |- |Il-78 |Ilyushin | |Russia | Jet | Strategic Airlift Transporter/Aerial Refueler | 2009 | 4 | 4 | Il-78MP. Dual-role aerial refeulers and freighters. Ex-Ukrainian Air Force. |- ! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="10" | Transport Aircraft |- |C-130 Hercules |Lockheed Martin | |United States | Turboprop | Medium transport /Tactical airlift | 1963 | 18 | 25 | C-130B (5)<br> C-130E (9)<br> C-130H (4)
Seven purchased second-hand from Belgium. |- |L-100 Hercules |Lockheed Martin | |United States | Turboprop | Medium transport /Tactical airlift | | 1 | 2 | L-100-20 (1) |- |Saab 2000 |Saab | | Sweden | Turboprop | Medium utility | 2008 | 6 | 6 | |- | CN-235 | CASA,<br/>Indonesian Aerospace | | Spain,<br>Indonesia | Turboprop | Medium utility | | 4 |4 | CN235M-220 (4) |- |Y-12 |Harbin Aircraft Industry Group | | China | Turboprop | Light transport | 1993 | 3 | 3 | Y-12(II) (3) |- | Super King Air | Beechcraft | | United States | Turboprop | Light transport | | 2 |2 | King Air 350i (2) |- | 208 Caravan | Cessna | | United States | Turboprop | Light utility | | 2 |2 | 208B (2) |- | Citation Excel | Cessna | | United States | Turboprop | Light utility | | 2 |2 | 560XL (2) |- | M600 | Piper Aircraft | | United States | Turboprop | Light utility | | 2 |2 | |- | A319 | Airbus | |France | Jet | Multirole (Peronnel transport, ISR, HADR, SIGINT/ELINT | July 2022 | 1 |1 | A319-112 |- |Gulfstream IV |Gulfstream Aerospace | |United States | Jet | Personnel transport | December 2005 | 2 | 2 |Gulfstream IV-SP (2) |- | Falcon 20 | Dassault Aviation | | France | Jet | Personnel transport | | 1 | 1 | 20E (1) |- |Phenom 100 |Embraer | |Brazil | Jet | Personnel transport | 2009 | 6 | 6 | |- ! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="10" | Airborne Early Warning & Control Aircraft |- | |Saab 2000 Erieye AEW&C | Saab | | Sweden | Turboprop | AEW&C || 2011 || 9 || 10 || Saab 2000 equipped with the Saab Erieye AEW&C system. |- ! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="10" | Electronic Warfare Aircraft |- | ZDK-03 |Shaanxi | | China | Turboprop | EW, ESM, ECM || 2011 || 4 || 4 | Based on Y-8F-600. Reassigned to EW, ESM, ECM role from AEW&C role in 2024. |- |Global 6000 |Bombardier | | Canada | Jet | EW, ESM, ECM || 2022 || 1 || 1 | Purchased in 2022 in business jet configuration. Being converted into EW, ESM, ECM Stand-Off Jamming (HAVA-SOJ) platform by Turkey's Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) and Aselsan in 2025. |- | Falcon DA-20 | Dassault Aviation | |France | Jet | EW, ESM, ECM | 1986 | 2 | 2 | DA-20F. Modified EW version of the Dassault Falcon 20 business jet. |- ! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="10" | Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicles / Unmanned Aerial Vehicles |- | Bayraktar Akñncñ | Baykar | | Turkey | HALE UCAV, UAV | Strike, Reconnaissance || 2023 || 7 |7|| |- |Shahpar-II |Global Industrial Defence Solutions (GIDS) | |Pakistan | MALE UCAV, UAV | Strike, Reconnaissance || 2021 || Unknown |Unknown|| |- |Anka |Turkish Aerospace Industries, <br/>NESCOM | | Turkey,<br/>Pakistan | MALE UCAV, UAV | Strike, Reconnaissance || 2021 || Unknown |Unknown|| Contract signed between TAI and NESCOM in August 2021 for local production of Anka UCAVs with technology transfer to Pakistan. |- | Wing Loong II | Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group | | China | MALE UCAV, UAV | Strike, Reconnaissance || 2021 || 3 | 3 || 47 on order |- |CH-4 Rainbow |China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | | China | MALE UCAV, UAV | Strike, Reconnaissance || 2021 || 12âÂÂ24 |12-24|| CH-4A and CH-4B. |- | Burraq | NESCOM | |Pakistan | MALE UCAV, UAV | Strike, Reconnaissance || 2014 || 13 |13|| Used jointly with Pakistan Army. |- |Bayraktar TB2 |Baykar | | Turkey | MALE UCAV, UAV | Strike, Reconnaissance || 2022 || Unknown |Unknown|| |- |Shahpar |GIDS | | Pakistan | UAV | Reconnaissance || 2012 || 6 |6|| |- |Jasoos II |SATUMA | | Pakistan | UAV | Reconnaissance || 2010 || 46 |46|| Bravo+. |- |Falco |Selex ES, <br/>PAC | |Italy, <br />Pakistan | UAV | Reconnaissance || 2007 || 26 |26|| Produced under license by PAC since 2008 with technology transfer to Pakistan. |- ! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="10" | Helicopters |- | AW139 | AgustaWestland | | Italy | Helicopter | SAR, Utility || 2018 || 14 || 14 | AW139M |-