An F-6 (S/No 1610) in camouflage colors on display at  China Chowk at Lahore.  Photo Courtesy by Abbas Ali,   www.historyofpia.com

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

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.