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Old 03-16-2010, 04:10 PM   #1 (permalink)
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ISLAMABAD (: March 16, 2010): Pakistan has received a squadron of Cobra gunship helicopters from the United States, Aaj News reported on Tuesday.

The channel quoted the sources as saying that the US has delivered the helicopters to help Pakistan in fight against war on terror.

The Cobra helicopters have been included in Army Aviation.

The helicopter is equipped with two 7.62mm multi-barrel guns, two 40mm guns and grenade launchers and can also be equipped with 70mm rockets.

The helicopters, which can fly at a speed of 352 km per hour, weigh 2,754 kilograms.

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US delivers Cobra helicopter gunships to Pakistan

2010-03-16 22:40:00
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Islamabad: In a move that is likely to raise temperatures across the border, the US has delivered a squadron of 14 AH-1 Cobra advanced helicopter gunships to Pakistan.

The US has also given $750,000 to update Pakistan Army Aviation's current fleet of Cobra variants like AH-1S, AH-1F, Online news agency reported, quoting sources.

Pakistan has also been assured it would receive the latest AH-1Z variant in phases by 2015, the sources added.

The AH-1 has been supplied by the US America from its Jordan Air Base stock.

The twin blade, single engined gunships have a crew of two, comprising a pilot and a co-pilot or a gunner.

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Old 03-17-2010, 06:56 AM   #3 (permalink)
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According to fatman17 of Pakistani forces.forum, these are units on lease to PAfrom it own stock in Jordan.They are here so that PA own AHIS can be sent for upgrading , and hence the news on rrelease of funds for the project. However we do not know whether they have given PA any optoion to buy this stock once their own stocks have been replenished.
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Finally we're seing some changes in US' attitude towards Pakistan which seems to be improving. Even if these new choppers are on lease USAF would not want to have them back and they may end up becoming PA property.
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Hi,

There is also a proposal that once the u s millitary starts moving out of iraq, some of its equipment will be transffered over to pakistan. Pakistan will get so much of the used and abandoned stuff in a couple of years that people will be screaming enough enough, we cannot take it anymore.

Most of us are not very optimistic about this old machinery---but wait till we get the 30 years old OHP's and see what they can do for the navy---it will be an eye opener for the disbelievers.
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Quantity has a quality of its own so no need to worry about being flooded with old stuff.

I'm sure we'll only absorb whatever comes with upgrades. Much of the stuff can be used as stop gap measure till funds are available for expansion or modernisation.
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Guys the ISPR has actually denied this news.It seems th=e actual fact is we are getting 13 old Cobras as EDAs for spares.These will be delivered from the Alabama storage facility ofUS.I dont know what to make of this turn atround on the part of ISPR>
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Hmm...don't know what to make of it. Its not the first time we have contradicting reports. Second batch of Cobra's was kept in the dark in the nineties for no obious reason, Keysersoze and Blain2 both confirmed the numbers and even provided serial numbers to proof the actual number dileverd to PA.
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Interesting that they are talking about the AH1-Z though. That breaks the pattern of other reports. Wonder if there is any merit to it?
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Interesting PDF take a look at pages 18 to 20.http://propublica.s3.amazonaws.com/a...eportFINAL.pdf
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