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The F-6 was first inducted immediately
after the 1965 War. The PAF recieved approximately 100 of these fighters and ever since
have acquired it to be the mainstay fighter that replaced the F-86 Sabre. The F-6 saw much
action in the 1971 conflict and emerged as one of the top scorer's of the war. More F-6s
were inducted in the 70s until the 80s. However the aircraft was an obsolete design and
was soon earmarked to be phased out. The last F-6 was finally retired in 2002.
During this period, a total of 258 F-6s
have served with the PAF since the 60s. Of these five have been lost in combat in 1971.
About 50 odd have been 'donated' to the Bangladesh Air Force where they were written off
in a tropical storm even before they were unpacked from thier crates. A number of these
F-6s found thier way to Gate Guardian duties.
| Another one of the original
batch of F-6s supplied to PAF after the 1965 War is this example S/No 1613 displayed
outside the Combat Commander's School at Sargodha. Photo Courtesy by Abbas Ali,
www.historyofpia.com |
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Within Pakistan there are atleast sixteen
survivors - nearly half of them in the Karachi Museum. One F-6 is on display in Italy. Its
provenance there is unknown.
| Serial No |
Type |
Location |
| Shenyang F-6 |
? |
Displayed on Pole at PAF Base Masroor |
Karachi |
| Shenyang F-6 |
? |
Displayed on Pole at the entrance of Southern Air Command HQ |
Karachi |
| Shenyang F-6 |
? |
Base Commanders Office, PAF Academy |
Risalpur |
| Shenyang F-6 |
? |
Jhelum City |
Jhelum |
| Shenyang F-6 |
? |
Put on display at Cadet College Hasanabdal during 1996/7 |
Hasanabdal |
| Shenyang F-6 |
1003 |
On display at PAF Museum |
Karachi |
| Shenyang F-6 |
1083 |
On display at PAF Museum |
Karachi |
| Shenyang F-6 |
1504 |
Officers Mess, Sargodha Air Base |
Sargodha |
| Shenyang F-6 |
1606 |
On display at PAF Museum |
Karachi |
| Shenyang F-6 |
1610 |
Traffic Roundabout at China Chowk |
Lahore |
| Shenyang F-6 |
1613 |
Combat Commanders School - Sargodha |
Sargodha |
| Shenyang F-6 |
1825 |
Officers Mess, AHQ, Islamabad |
Islamabad |
| Shenyang F-6 |
4120 |
On display at PAF Museum |
Karachi |
| Shenyang F-6 |
5519 |
Mounted on Pole at PAF Museum Gate |
Karachi |
| Shenyang F-6 |
7110 |
On display at Cerbailola Museum, Italy. Anyone knows more? |
Italy |
| Shenyang FT-6 |
10103 |
On display at PAF Museum |
Karachi |
| Shenyang F-6 |
10434 |
On display at PAF Museum |
Karachi |

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