Pakistan Air Force Museum, Karachi
(visits on 19 November 2006 & 27 March 2007)
The PAF Museum in Karachi is situated in a park on the edge of the Faisal PAF Base on the main Shahra-e-Faisal.
There are 28 aircraft displayed outside and 7 in a hangar display. In addition there are several interesting airframes in a dump behind the hangar.
Google Earth views of the PAF Museum:
High power view of the site
Low power with the museum park at bottom left corner
Aircraft on display outside:
North American T-6 4200 "RA"
Mushak 90-5314 "314"
F-104A 62-862 "8-862" Turkish Air Force
F-104B 57-1309
T-33A 56-1601 "601"
T-33A 53-259 "259"
T-33A 55-3113 "113"
Sabre 6 1626
Sabre 6 1792 "792"
F-86F 55-5005
Sabre 6 1797 "797"
An-26 "278" Afghan Air Force
An-12 "380" Afghan Air Force
Douglas A-26: unmarked, but probably AP-AVV, ex 44-34568
Shenyang F6 4120 "120"
Shenyang F6 10434
Shenyang FT6 10103
Mig 15UTI 71-5618 "618"
Shenyang F6 1003
Shenyang F6 7624 "624"
Mig 21bis Afghan Air Force "957"
Martin B-57B 53-11957 "957"
Mirage 5PA "424"
Cessna Bird Dog O-1E 76012
Aero Commander 892-S
Pazmany PL2
Helio Courier AP-AOU
Kaman HH-43P Huskie 62-4556
End of the day
In the hangar:
Tiger Moth D501 "21"
Auster Aiglet Trainer W4108
Captured Indian Gnat F1 IE1083
F-104A 56-798
Locally built "Al Munir", ex AP-BCU: flew once
Sabre 6 1756 "756"
Personal Viking 1B J750 of Pakistan's "Founding Father", Muhammad Ali Jinnah
In the dump:
Shenyang F6 1606
SF25C Falke, wn 44140. The PAF used three: 44139 is also in this dump
B-57C 53-3846. Its fin is nearby
F-86F 53-1632 "632". Note also the fin of Indian Su7 B910 shot down in 1971
RAAF Mirage III A3-48
Hind, Afghan Air Force. cn 3532463615084
In the dump are also:
Parts of F-86 31130
Frame of Alouette III 1477
HH-43P Huskie 4553, plus the fuselage of another and 2 sets of fins: 4556 and 4557
There are several other preserved aircraft in Karachi:
Outside PAF Faisal, near the PAF Museum, is F6 5519
Also outside PAF Faisal, near the PAF Museum, is RT-33A "090"
Sabre 6 1701 at the gate of NED University
Atlantic 53 at the Maritime Museum
Boeing 720-047B AP-AXM outside the PIA Planetarium