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PAKISTAN ARMY AVIATION
Pakistan Army is the most important of the three armed services of Pakistan. I was raised on the old British Indian traditions, but a new indigenous, Islamic and professional image has been adopted. Pakistan military has also ruled Pakistan for most of its existence, and it again took over the country after a text book coup in mid October, 1999. About 70 percent of defence bugdet is allocated for army. Bahawalpur XXXI (31st) Corps Gujranwala XXX (30th) Corps Karachi V (5th) Corps Lahore IV (4th) Corps
Multan II (2nd) Corps Peshawar XI (11th) Corps
Rawalpindi X (10th) Corps These Corps have 21 division under their control two of them armoured. They also control eight infantry and two armoured divisions in reserve. The well trained army has been to war three times with India. It also has been utilized for internal security, in Sarhad during the early years of independence, in East Pakistan prior to seperation, in Baluchistan during the mid 70s, and in Sindh during the early 90s. Pakistan Army Aviation Corps
After the war Pakistan aquired 24 Alouette IIIs from Aerospatiale of France, some of them were assembled by the Army itself. These Alouettes have been joined by several others from different sources, including sixSA 315B Lamas from Romania in 1987. The Lamas are used for high-altitute operations in Siachin and Karakoram. Medium-lift capability came with the procurement of US supplied six UH-1Hs as a gift for
in 1976 the Army aquired 32 Aerospatiale SA 330J Pumas, which formed two new squadrons, and boosted the assault and medium-lift capability.
In 1997 Pakistan doubled its Mil Mi-8 inventory by aquiring 12
more in the form of Mil Mi-17 from CIS, half of The Army also operates Rockwell Turbo Commander 690s, a sigle Commander MA Jetprop 840 for surveys. And a single McDonnell Douglas MD-500E for Inter-Service Intelligence. For Air defence Pakistan Army has four anti aircraft brigades, which are equipped with Bofors RB-77 SAMs, Stinger, and Arrow shoulder launched SAMs. Plus several connons and guns of varying sizes. |
Pakistan Army:
Army consists of the following nine corps:
Mangla I (1st) Corps
Quetta XII (12th) Corps
Pakistan Army Aviation gained
autonomy from Pakistan Air Force in 1958, and gained full corps status in 1977.
Auster Mk 5 and Mk 6 were used at first. In 1957 60 O-1 Bird Dogs were delivered
from US which mostly replaced the Austers, making two frontline Air Observation Post (AOP)
squadrons possible. More O-1s were later assembled at Army's 503 Workshop at
Dhaimal, eventualy producing 60 percent of the components locally. 
The Army also started maintaining its own
aircraft as well after the aquisition of these aircraft. Army Aviation School opened
in 1959. 18 Bell 47/ OH-13s joined the Army in 1964 after the helicopter trained
Pakistan pilots returned from the USA. These aircraft allowed the formation of
several composite units. These units were used during the 1965 Indo-Pakistan war for
spotting, liason, and FAC. 
12 Mil Mi-8s. These were used in
rescue and disaster operations in East Pakistan along with Alouette IIIs. Both of
the types also saw some action during the War of 1971 in East Pakistan and were withdrawn
from the theatre through Burma (Myanmar). 
future disaster relief operations in 1973. In 1974 Iran donated 10 AB
205As. The same year Saab MFI-17s were inducted for training and liason. The
initial batch numbered 115, of them 23 were delivered as complete aircraft the rest in kit
form to be assembled at Risalpur. These aircraft are locally called Mushshak.
The production of this type was transferred from Sweden to Kamra,
Pakistan. In 1975 12 Bell 206Bs were 
aquired from USA, and few JetRangers III joined them a
few years later. 
Pakistan Army's requirement for armed attack
helicopter was fulfilled in 1985. Two squadrons with ten AH-1S Cobras each were
formed. These squadrons also operate a few Bell 206s as scouts. 
these
are seems to be located at Quetta. The location of the rest is unknown.