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List of retired Pakistan Air Force aircraft

Below is a list of aircraft retired from service from the Pakistan Air Force.

Retired aircraft

|- |Chengdu F-7P Skybolt | | Jet | Interceptor | 1988 | 2023 || 120 || Replaced by Block 1 and Block 2 CAC/PAC JF-17 Thunders |- | Aérospatiale SA 316B Alouette III | | Helicopter | Search and rescue | 1967 | 2019 || 35 || Replaced by AgustaWestland AW139Ms |- |Shenyang JJ-5/FT-5 | | Jet | Advanced Jet Trainer | 1975 | 2012 || 50 || Replaced by K-8P Karakorums |- | Nanchang Q-5III/A-5C | | Jet | Attack | 1983 | 2011 | 58 | Replaced by Block 1 CAC/PAC JF-17 Thunders |- |Boeing 707-300 | |Jet | VIP Transport | 1986 | 2008 | 3 | 707-340C and 707-351B. Two aircraft transferred from PIA in 1986. A third aircraft in VIP transport configuration delivered in 1987. One aircraft sold to a private individual in 2008. Two aircraft scrapped in 2008-2009. Replaced by an ex-PIA Airbus A310-304 in 2009. |- | Shenyang J-6C/F-6C | | Jet | Fighter | 1965 | 2002 | 253 | Replaced by F-7Ps and F-7PGs |- | Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19S | | Jet | Air superiority fighter | 1965 | 2002 || 5 || Replaced by F-7Ps. Received five ex-Indonesian Air Force Mig-19S in December 1965 as part of a friendship deal between Pakistan and Indonesia. |- |Lockheed T-33 T-Bird | | Jet | Trainer | 1955 | 1993 || 21 || 15 T-33A trainers, 6 RT-33A reconnaissance aircraft. Replaced by T-37s and K-8P Karakorums |- | Kaman HH-43B Huskie | | Helicopter | Search and rescue | 1964 | 1993 || 4 || 4 in service in June 1972 and November 1993. |- | Martin B-57 Canberra | | Jet | Bomber | 1959 | 1985 | 28 | 2 x RB-57F and 2 x RB-57B served with No. 24 ELINT Squadron. 24 served with No. 31 Wing. 24 B-57B and 2 B-57C |- |Grumman SA-16A Albatross | | Propeller | Patrol | 1950s | 1981 || 4 || Search and Rescue, coastal patrol and maritime reconnaissance. |- | Shenyang JJ-2/FT-2 | | Jet | Fighter | 1966 | 1980 || 6 | Chinese-built Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 UTI (called U-MiG-15 in the PAF). Replaced by FT-6s. |- |North American F-86 Sabre | | Jet | Fighter | 1955 | 1980 | 210 | 120 x North American F-86F-35-NA and F-40-NA, 90 ex-Iranian Canadair CL-13B Sabre Mk.6. Replaced by Dassault Mirage IIIEs and Dassault Mirage 5s |- |Lockheed F-104 Starfighter | | Jet | Fighter | 1961 | 1972 || 12 || 10 x F-104A, 2 x F-104B. under Royal Pakistan Air Scouts |- |Sikorsky UH-19D Chickasaw | | Helicopter | Search and rescue | 1956 | 1971 || 8 || First helicopter operated by the PAF. |- |North American T-6G Harvard IV | | Propeller | Trainer | 1947 | 1970s || 12 || Introduced on formation of the Royal Pakistan Air Force. |- |Hawker Siddeley Trident 1E | | Jet | Transport | 1967 | 1970 || 4 || VIP transport. |- |Harbin H-5 | | Jet | Bomber | 1966 | 1969 | 16 || Chinese-built Ilyushin Il-28, designated B-56 in the PAF. 16 aircraft |- |Bristol Freighter Mk 21E | | Propeller | Transport | 1950s | 1966 || 81 || |- |Hawker Sea Fury | | Propeller | Fighter | 1949 | 1963 || ~97 || ~92 x FB 60. 5 x T-61 two-seat trainers. Replaced by Lockheed F-104 Starfighters |- |Vickers VC.1 Viking IB | | Propeller | Transport | 1947 | 1962 || 1 || VIP transport. Preserved in the PAF Museum. |- |Supermarine Attacker FB.50 | | Jet | Fighter | 1951 | 1958 || 36 ||. "De-navalised" Attacker FB.2 with tail hook removed and wings "locked down". First jet fighter in PAF service. |- |de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth | | Propeller | Trainer | 1947 | 1957 || 7 || Biplane. Introduced on formation of the Royal Pakistan Air Force. |- |Hawker Tempest Mk II | | Propeller | Fighter | 1947 | 1956 || 16 || Received on formation of the Royal Pakistan Air Force. |- |Douglas C-47B Dakota | | Propeller | Transport | 1947 | 1955 || 2 || Introduced on formation of the Royal Pakistan Air Force. |- |Handley Page Halifax B.VI | | Propeller | Bomber | 1948 | 1954 | 16 | |- |Supermarine Spitfire Mk VIII | | Propeller | Fighter | 1947 | 1947 || || |- |Bell OH-13S Sioux | | Helicopter | Light observation | | || ~13 || Taylorcraft Auster 5F

Cessna 172N Skyhawk

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