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'' The Nation'', Published 7 September 2015, Retrieved 14 September 2017 A majority of the aircraft, weapons and radar are displayed outside in the park but the main museum features all major fighter aircraft that have been used by the Pakistan Air Force. The museum also houses the Vickers VC.1 Viking aircraft used by Mohammed Ali Jinnah, founder of Pakistan, and a Folland Gnat of the

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, that landed in

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town, Pakistan in the

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. Also on display are the scale models of some World War I, World War II and some more modern aircraft and photo galleries of almost all the squadrons of Pakistan Air Force.

History

The museum was established in 1990 in two unused hangars in a remote part of the Base. The museum was expanded significantly from its humble beginnings in the period 1999–2004. Additions include children's playing areas, rides, and eateries.

Management

The museum is managed by a committee headed by the Air Officer Commanding Southern Air Command; however, it is managed and run by the Administrator. Recently the museum has been renamed as Historical Record & Archives Section and given additional responsibilities for maintaining some documented history of the PAF. The current Administrator of Museum is Air Commodore Syed Ali Zaidi. However, the museum was developed by Wing Commander Syed Salman Ahmed.

Gallery

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bomber and the 30 mm cannon installed on the

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, on display at the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) Museum, Karachi.

Selected exhibits

Some of the aircraft that are preserved in the museum are: * Martin B-57 Canberra *

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* North American Harvard * Lockheed F-104 Starfighter * North American F-86 Sabre * Dassault Mirage 5 *

* Lockheed T-33 *

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 (russian: Микоя́н и Гуре́вич МиГ-15; USAF/DoD designation: Type 14; NATO reporting name: Fagot) is a jet fighter aircraft developed by Mikoyan-Gurevich for the Soviet Union. The MiG-15 was one of ...

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* Antonov An-26 *

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*U-9 Aero Commander * Vickers Viking * Folland Gnat * Kaman HH-43 Huskie Besides those from PAF inventory, visitors can see the captured Folland Gnat of

and

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Mig 21 and

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. A statue of

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's Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman along with the parts of the fuselage and tail of his Mig-21 aircraft are also on display in a gallery named Operation Swift Retort.

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