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[alikazmi007]

AhmAd IbrAhim‏ @AhmAdTipu7
PAF and IAF pilots with USAF colleagues after completion of course in US. Standing far left is PAF pilot Saleem Baig, who shot down IAF hunter over Peshawar & Gnat over Srinagar. Standing far right is IAF pilot Tejwant Singh who was shot down while flying a Mig21FL by PAF Sabre

Just to piggy back on your post.....

from http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Kochi/Honour-eludes-a-war-hero/article16462527.ece

"That was the case until a few years ago when a retired PAF officer, Wing Commander Salim Mirza Baig, who was in the thick of action in 1971, revealed in a personal war account that the Hunter flown by Muralidharan was among the two Indian fighter aircraft brought down by him in separate air battles in the war. According to Wing Commander Baig’s version of the battle over Peshawar, he admires the Hunter he took on, calling it a ‘tough nut to crack’ and conclusively says that the pilot was killed in air combat."

"The second aircraft brought down by Wing Commander Baig was a Gnat flown by Flying Officer Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon, who took on six marauding Sabres over Srinagar before being gunned down. Sekhon was posthumously decorated with the Param Vir Chakra, the IAF’s only Param Vir Chakra till date. “Even as the time limit is said to be standing in way of a belated honour to the war hero, there’s precedence to the contrary,” says Mr. Nair."

Flying Officer KP Muralidharan

Flying Officer Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon, Param Vir Chakra

 

[fatman17]

PAF NGF Concept

 

[Sinnerman108]

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Hmm

Where did you get this from boss ?

 

[Armchair]

PAF NGF Concept View attachment 479049

A stealthy, twin engined F-16! What better plan than that to replace F-16s?

 

[LKJ86]

A stealthy, twin engined F-16! What better plan than that to replace F-16s?

"A stealthy, twin engined F-16!"??????

F-35 should be called "a stealthy F-16".

 

[Armchair]

"A stealthy, twin engined F-16!"??????

F-35 should be called "a stealthy F-16".

No, actually if you study the matter a bit more, the F-35 is not, nor was it designed to be a stealthy F-16.

And if you are alluding to the J-31, its not nearly as maneuverable as the F-35, let alone comparisons with the F-16.

 

[Deltaviper]

Lots of PAF activity over Lahore before sehri today. It's a little unusual... Did anyone else notice?

 

[fatman17]

Second prototype of dual seat version JF-17 "B" with more composites materials and advance avionics is undergoing flight tests.
PC: strategical and tactical military affairs. https://t.co/gLIsoshhMJ

 

[syed_yusuf]

It seems that JFT twin seat carry more internal fuel compare to that of single seat.

Is that a correct assessment?

If green skin are fuel cells that taking a swag one can say that it carries close to 3000kg of internal fuel ???

 

[Trango Towers]

It seems that JFT twin seat carry more internal fuel compare to that of single seat.

Is that a correct assessment?

If green skin are fuel cells that taking a swag one can say that it carries close to 3000kg of internal fuel ???

Fuel cells???? What???

 

[Aamir Hussain]

Not fuel cells. But IMHO composite panels.

 

[CriticalThought]

Not fuel cells. But IMHO composite panels.

The yellow and green coatings you see are simply Zinc Chromate primer which is used as anti-corrosion agent. There doesn't have to be a correlation between certain colors and composite materials.

 

[fatman17]

Jf17b (PT02) with three drop tanks.
Jf17 Thunder has secured half dozen export orders ever since its Twin seater version is developed. https://t.co/IFZHpFAd3a

 

[araz]

Jf17b (PT02) with three drop tanks.
Jf17 Thunder has secured half dozen export orders ever since its Twin seater version is developed. https://t.co/IFZHpFAd3a
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AHalf a dozen new orders, that is interesting. Is it 6 specimen or 6 lots of planes. Who is ordering? Also proves not to have ordered a twin seater before was perhaps ill thought out and short sighted.
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[khanasifm]

Jf17b (PT02) with three drop tanks.
Jf17 Thunder has secured half dozen export orders ever since its Twin seater version is developed. https://t.co/IFZHpFAd3a
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??
So 6 aircraft b model ordered or 6 new customers order placed ?

And what is the basis of this statement ?

2 customers are already known including Nigeria