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ZDK-03 Karakoram Eagle AEW&C Flying Above Manora Island, Karachi

This is first clear image the Sino-Pak ZDK-03 Airborne Early Warning and Control System (AEW&C) Karakoram Eagle flying Flying Above Manora Island, Karachi in Pakistan. ZDK-03 AEW&C Karakoram Eagle provides 360º radar coverage with Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) Radar.

A Sneak Peek Inside the ZDK-03 Karakoram Eagle AEW&C

These are the first images taken inside the Sino-Pak ZDK-03 Airborne Early Warning and Control System (AEW&C) Karakoram Eagle flying in Pakistan Air Force color scheme. ZDK-03 AEW&C Karakoram Eagle provides 360º radar coverage with Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) Radar. 


Sino-Pak ZDK-03 Karakoram Eagle AEW&C Aircraft

Sino-Pak ZDK-03 AEW&C Karakoram Eagle Aircraft

ZDK-03 Karakoram Eagle AEW&C And Y-8 GX6 Maritime Patrol Aircrafts

ZDK-03 Karakoram Eagle AEW&C in Google Earth

Image of the Sino-Pak ZDK-03 Airborne Early Warning and Control System (AEW&C) Karakoram Eagle in  Google Earth.

ZDK-03 AEW&C Karakoram Eagle provides 360º radar coverage with Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) Radar.

Sino-Pak ZDK-03 Airborne Early Warning and Control System (AEW&C) Karakoram Eagle

New gif & image of the Sino-Pak ZDK-03 Airborne Early Warning and Control System (AEW&C) Karakoram Eagle which has been acquired by the  Pakistan Air Force. ZDK-03 AEW&C Karakoram Eagle provides 360º radar coverage with Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) Radar. First AEW&C has already been delivered to Pakistan Air Force.


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Pakistani Saab-2000 Erieye Airborne Early Warning & Control Aircraft (AEW&C)

Saab-2000 Erieye AEW&C (airborne early warning and control aircraft) of the Pakistan Air Force.
The Pakistani Saab-2000 AEW&C uses of new generation radar transmit/receive modules which generate around 60% extra output. 


Higher operating ceiling of 9,150 m and increased radar output allows Pakistani Erieye AEW&C to detect both air and maritime targets much longer ranges then the first and second generation Erieye systems.

PAF Minhas Airbase / Kamra Air Base Under Terrorist Attack: Post Attack Situation



  • Pakistan Air Force (PAF) used one of its C-130 transport aircraft equipped with the FLIR Systems Star Safire III EO/IR sensor ball to track the movement of terrorists.

  • Chief of the Air Staff (CAS) Air Chief Marshal Tahir Rafiq Butt has called in the meeting of the senior staff of the PAF to assess the situation and is likely to meet the army and naval chiefs later today.
  • Chief of the Air Staff (CAS) Air Chief Marshal Tahir Rafiq Butt has ordered investigation of the terrorist attack on PAF base.

  • One member of the security force of the Pakistan Air Force have embraced Shahadat during the operation against the terrorists as per PAF spokesperson.
  • Terrorists were using Ak-47 Kalashnikov assault rifles, hand grenades and other weapons.
  • Chinese engineers were present at the PAF Minhas Airbase / Kamra Air Base.
  • All seven terrorists involved in the attack has been killed by the Pakistani security forces headed by the Special Operations Force of the Pakistan Air Force, Special Service Wing (SSW).
  • One of the dead terrorist is believed to be a foreigner.
  • None of the aircraft was damaged during the attack by the terrorists (this news has been contradicted by the PAF spokesperson and it has been confirmed that one aircraft was damaged in RPG attack by the terrorists)
  • Earlier its was reported that all aircrafts are safe but PAF spokesperson has said that one of the aircraft of Pakistan Air Force was damaged in RPG attack by the terrorists. It is yet not clear if damaged aircraft was IL-78P Mulit Role Tanker or C-130 Transport aircraft.
  • RPG was fired from outside the airbase.
  • Base commander of the PAF Minhas Airbase / Kamra Air Base Air Commodore Azam Mahmood was injured when he visited the frontline of the operation.

  • Metting headed by the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS) Air Chief Marshal Tahir Rafiq Butt and attended by the senior PAF officials have just ended.
  • 8th Terrorist Killed 

    ZDK-03 Karakoram Eagle Airborne Early Warning & Control System (AEW&C)

    Sino-Pak ZDK-03 Karakoram Eagle Airborne Early Warning and Control System (AEW&C)

    New image of the Sino-Pak ZDK-03 Airborne Early Warning and Control System (AEW&C) Karakoram Eagle in service with  Pakistan Air Force. ZDK-03 AEW&C Karakoram Eagle provides 360º radar coverage with Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) Radar. First AEW&C has already been delivered to Pakistan Air Force.


    Sino-Pak ZDK-03 Karakoram Eagle AWACS

    Pakistan Air Force's ZDK-03 AEW&C Karakoram Eagle

    Sino-Pak ZDK-03 Karakoram Eagle AEW&C

    2nd Pakistani ZDK-03 AEW&C Karakoram Eagle Aircraft

    New HQ image of the second Sino-Pak ZDK-03 Airborne Early Warning and Control System (AEW&C) Karakoram Eagle flying in Pakistan Air Force color scheme. ZDK-03 AEW&C Karakoram Eagle provides 360º radar coverage with Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) Radar. First AEW&C has already been delivered to Pakistan Air Force.
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    Second Pakistani ZDK-03 AEW&C Karakoram Eagle Aircraft Gets Airborne

    These is the first images of the second Sino-Pak ZDK-03 Airborne Early Warning and Control System (AEW&C) Karakoram Eagle flying in Pakistan Air Force color scheme. ZDK-03 AEW&C Karakoram Eagle provides 360º radar coverage with Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) Radar. First AEW&C has already been delivered to Pakistan Air Force.


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    Maiden Flight of EMB-145I Airborne Warning and Control System (AEW&C)


    The EMB-145I Airborne Warning and Control System (AEW&C) aircraft has made its made its maiden flight in Brazil with  over 1000 mission system components including AESA (Active Electronic Scanning Antenna) Radar Antenna.
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    ZDK-03 AEW&C Karakoram Eagle Aircraft Ready For Delivery


    These are the first complete images of the Sino-Pak ZDK-03 Airborne Early Warning and Control System (AEW&C) Karakoram Eagle just before delivery to Pakistan Air Force.ZDK-03 AEW&C Karakoram Eagle provides 360º radar coverage with Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) Radar.

    Pakistani Saab-2000 Erieye AEW&C at Dubai Air Show 2011

    The Saab-2000 Erieye AEW&C (airborne early warning and control aircraft) of the Pakistan Air Force at the Dubai Air Show 2011.

    PAF has purchased four fully functional Saab-2000 Erieye AEW&C aircraft and one training aircraft. Pakistan Air Force received its first Erieye in October 2009. All the Erieye systems along with ground stations were delivered by the end of 2010.
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    IAF To Order Two More Israeli Phalcon AWACS


    Indian Air Force will purchase two additional Israeli Phalcon is an Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) to argument its earlier order of three such aircrafts. Indian Defense Ministry is in process of drafting the  contract for the additional Phalcon AEW&C at cost of around $800 million.