How The U.S. Rewired Pakistan’s Air Force; Why That Legacy Still Matters Against India | World News
New Delhi: When Indian jets beat Pakistani positions under Sindoor operation, Islamabad’s narrative tried to translate the script. Even if the damage reports tell a different story, the allegations of tactical success echoed through the Pakistani media. However, behind these optics, Pakistani defense analysts point to a system from the United States about 70 years ago, not from China.
Defense Portal Quwa emphasized how Pakistani Air Force foundations are still based on operational practices and doctrines given by the US until the 1950s. The report claims that what many people call “software”, mentality, structure and operational culture today was founded by American advisors in the early days of Pakistan Air Force (PAF).
This legacy has shaped PAF’s command philosophy to date. The Air Force Headquarters even influenced the decision to move from Rawalpindi to Peshawar, and gave his power to his own command ecosystem different from the shadow of the army.
How did the US operational ‘software’ gave to PAF
According to Quwa, in the early 1950s, the Pakistani Air Force did not have both equipment and a professional framework. The turning point came with a 1950 mutual defense aid agreement with the United States. Underneath this, Washington not only provided F-86 Air plane to Pakistan, but also buried the entire operational doctrine in PAF.
Air Marshal Asghar Khan, who is accepted as the architect of a modern PAF, admitted that the US had sent jets and exported a complete system. This included a warehouse level aircraft maintenance rather than the traditional fleet level model; Strict security arrangements based on US Air Force protocols; and explicitly separated departments for operation, maintenance and management.
This model replaced the old British system and gave Pakistan’s air force a American -style command structure that is still in use today.
According to Quwa, this is the spine that allows PAF to integrate foreign fighter aircraft, including China J-10CE.
In the report, he argues that this hereditary mentality provides faster pilot adaptation and more consistent training cycles, which has become better performance during real war situations.
A quiet head shaking to the USA, not China
While the Pakistan media plays the role of India’s role in the China-Origin J-10 fighter aircraft in resisting Rafales, Quwa takes a more nuance position. It shows that the real facilitator is not Chinese technology, but an American methodology.
The systems put forward by the United States decades allow PAF to function as a aerodynamic and adaptable air force, something that regional competitors should build from scratch.
This heritage also explains PAF’s ability to quickly process new platforms. Pilots that switch to new aircraft usually show higher tasks, because the doctrine standardizes procedures throughout the power. And Quwa argues that Pakistan is the consistency that allows Pakistan to assemble all kinds of coordinated air reaction during India’s strikes.
What really happened in the sky?
Despite Pakistan’s claims, the results of the latest air conflicts tell a more complex story. Islamabad managed to hit an Indian plane, but Pakistan could not prevent or prevent Indian strikes in the occupied Kashmir (Pok) in nine strategic fields. Indian Rafalas caused heavy damage. From a military point of view, Quwa accepts, these results raise questions.
One of the contributing factors, China’s PL-15 missiles by the Indian forces, was a mistake in a gap in the calculation used by Pakistan’s advantage.
Even then, Indian analysts can be considered successful because PAF’s performance prevented India’s deep disrespectful air strikes, so that it does not only retaliate after the facts.
A legacy that still shapes air wars
Critics say Pakistan’s narrative may not continue to examine. However, the story from Quwa’s reporting is not about flashy dog fights or missile launch that holds headlines. It is about how a 70 -year -old frame continues to identify one of the most professional air force in South Asia.
In the end, as Quwa said, it was not China, the real difference, but the American ‘software’ (discipline, structure and long -term strategic thinking system).
