{"id":85461,"date":"2025-09-09T19:15:35","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T14:15:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=85461"},"modified":"2025-09-09T19:15:48","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T14:15:48","slug":"paf-jet-crashes-during-training-flight-in-sargodha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/paf-jet-crashes-during-training-flight-in-sargodha\/","title":{"rendered":"PAF jet crashes during training flight in Sargodha"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: A Pakistan Air Force (<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/paf-pilot-reveals-secret-mission-that-destroyed-indias-s-400\/\">PAF<\/a>) Mirage 5 ROSE III fighter jet crashed during a routine training flight in Sargodha on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The aircraft was part of No. 27 \u201cZarrar\u201d Squadron of the 32nd Tactical Attack Wing. Initial reports said the aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff.<\/p>\n<p>The pilot managed to eject safely and escaped unhurt. Authorities are yet to reveal the exact cause of Tuesday\u2019s crash.<\/p>\n<p>The Mirage 5 ROSE III (Retrofit of Strike Element) is part of the PAF\u2019s modernized Mirage fleet, which has been upgraded with modern avionics and strike capabilities to extend the aircraft\u2019s service life.<\/p>\n<p>Although based on an older French design, the upgraded Mirages are a vital component of the air force\u2019s attack and reconnaissance missions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: A Pakistan Air Force (PAF) Mirage 5 ROSE III fighter jet crashed during a routine training flight in Sargodha on Tuesday. The aircraft was part of No. 27 \u201cZarrar\u201d Squadron of the 32nd Tactical Attack Wing. Initial reports said the aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff. The pilot managed to eject safely and escaped unhurt. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":85464,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[737,738],"class_list":["post-85461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","tag-paf","tag-pakistan-air-force"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85461"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85461\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85465,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85461\/revisions\/85465"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}