ISLAMABAD, Sept 18: Pakistan has bought four military transport planes CASA CN-235 from Indonesia. “We have inducted all the four twin-engine planes in our transport fleet,” a PAF official told UNI. He said these planes would cater to the increasing transportation needs of the air force, which faced shortage of military cargo aircraft since the imposition of American sanctions in October 1990.

The PAF will also receive six refurbished C-130 transport aircraft from the US by December. The arrival of these planes will coincide with the delivery of the two F-16s, which the US government will provide free of cost.

Meanwhile, negotiations are underway between the two countries to finalize a deal for the purchase of some 75 F-16s of C and D versions to the PAF.

—Online