Pak to roll out first indigenous JF-17 from month end: PAF chief
November 8th, 2009 - 2:00 pm ICT by ANI ( 2 comments )Islamabad, Nov.8 (ANI): Pakistan would roll out its first indigenous JF-17 Thunder fighter aircraft from the Kamra Aeronautical Centre by the end of this month, Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Chief Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman, has said.
Air Chief Marshal Suleman, who is currently in Beijing to attend the 60th anniversary of China’s People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF), said the roll out of the state-of-art combat aircraft would help enhance the Pakistan’s relationship with China.
Pakistan has been working on the project in collaboration with China over a long period of time.
“This will start a new era in Pak-China relationship, and aviation industry.Both China as well as PAF are attaching lot of importance to this project,” The News quoted Suleman, as saying.
He said that JF-17 would help the PAF to replace the existing fleet F-7’s, A-5’s and the ageing range of Mirage aircrafts. (ANI)
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November 22nd, 2009 at 7:28 pm
JF17 is codevp by China-Pak. The Chinese copied Russian Fighter like Mig-21,29 and Pakis made leather seats, footmats, seat belts which finally led to the evolution of ths hopeless fighter. The fighter is like any other cheap Chinese mobile, which is thrown aftr few months. Dt compare Su-30MKI. One single Su-30MKI is enough for whole PAF nd PLAAF.
November 24th, 2009 at 5:01 pm
huh Fifa 2010….. that shows the jealousy and anger of Indians over Pak made fighter. Your country has failed to make such boots, leather seats, footmats ans seat belts but failed for years….I am happy to find such an anger in your hearts… Thanks to PAF that has destroyed the intentions of the Indian Air force despite its claims that it will attack Pak sponsor terrorist camps….Come come Soviet MIggy IAF.