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As a symbol of friendship, Pakistan will receive a total of 110 JF-17 Thunder aircrafts from China. PHOTO: AFP
China to deliver 50 more JF-17 Thunder jets to Pakistan - The Express Tribune
China will deliver another fifty JF-17 Thunder fighters to Pakistan over a period of three years, Radio Pakistanreported.
The Head of Chinese Aircraft Industry told a Chinese daily that under the contract signed between the two countries, Pakistan will receive a total of 110 JF-17 Thunder aircrafts from China.
The jets are a symbol of friendship between Pakistan and China. During Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit, a fleet of eight JF-17 Thunder jets escorted the special plane of the Chinese leader when it entered Pakistan’s airspace.
Pakistan and China on April 20 signed more than 50 agreements worth $28 billion, mostly covering commercial loans to Pakistani power generation companies, but also including financing agreements for six infrastructure projects that will set in motion work on the eastern trade corridor connecting western China with Gwadar that Beijing wants to see operational before the end of next year.
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China to provide 110 fighter jets to Pakistan.
Talked to a source in the airforce. According to him the report is misleading.
50 JFT block 1 jets have already been delivered under a US 700 MN deal signed in 2008. A further 50 block 2 aircraft will be delivered in the 2015 to 2017 period and a formal agreement has been signed. A further 10 block 3 aircraft will be delivered post 2017 if all PAF requirements have been finalised.
All the aircraft will be assembled /manufactured at Kamra. China will concentrate on the export of the FC1 to potential buyers like Argentina, Ecuador etc.
posted at defence.pk by sir fatman
