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Wing Loong II at Pakistan

Chinese medium-altitude long-endurance armed UAV. 32-hour endurance, precision strike capability. Export to Middle East, Africa, and Asia. CASC/CAIG production.

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Pakistan Aeronautical Complex and Chengdu Aircraft Corporation jointly produce 48 Wing Loong II UAVs for the Pakistan Air Force. Used in Operation Marg Bar Sarmachar against militants in Iran (January 2024).

Key facts

Fleet size
48 units (joint production)

Safety record

No incidents on record for Wing Loong II at Pakistan.

Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.

Trust tier
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Last updated
2026-07-28
Model
Wing Loong II
Company
CAIG
Location
Pakistan
Status
operational
First seen
2018-10-09
ID
3d956347-2be3-483e-9e2e-4b8df2479314

Timeline

  1. Oct 2018
    First recorded
    Wing Loong II first documented operating at Pakistan.
  2. Jul 2026
    Current status: operational
    Latest recorded state. New status transitions append here as the deployment-status recorder produces them.

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Wing Loong II operates in Pakistan. Explore the full verified map:

Sources (1)

  1. China, Pakistan to jointly produce Wing Loong II UAVs, says report · https://www.janes.com/article/83660/china-pakistan-to-jointly-produce-wing-loong-ii-uavs-says-report · 2018-10-09
Methodology: Unreviewed · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-28

Verification posture

Unreviewed

Low confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-07-28

Maturity + lifecycle

Maturity stage: commercial

Lifecycle: active

Architectural position

Cohort: aerial

Sources by quality tier

1
unclassified
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Common questions

What is the Wing Loong II deployment at Pakistan?
Wing Loong II, built by CAIG, is recorded as a deployment at Pakistan on the DEPLOY registry. CAIG operates the deployment directly.
Who operates Wing Loong II at Pakistan?
CAIG, the manufacturer of Wing Loong II, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.
When did the Wing Loong II deployment at Pakistan go live?
The deployment is recorded as starting October 9, 2018 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.
Have there been incidents at the Wing Loong II deployment at Pakistan?
No active incidents affecting this deployment are recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Absence of recorded incidents is not a guarantee no incident occurred; DEPLOY records only sourced incidents and suppresses retracted ones.

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