JF-17/FC-1 Fighter Aircraft thread
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Dizasta1
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Steady as she goes ... Pakistan Air Force's priority is the production of its required 250 Thunders. At present stage, the critical development of Block-lll is underway. Suffice to say, this take precedence over establishing an MRO for Thunders at this point in time.
Once the Thunder program has fully established itself, with full scale production capability and serial production of Block-lll is completed. Then we will witness a the establishment of MRO for Thunders.
The following pic was released in March -2017 plz note we had already overhauled 3 JF-17s till that time .... keep in mind this Chinese overhaul facility (for JF-17) was not operational at that time so its obvious those JF-17 were overhauled in Pakistan.
Dizasta1
Senior Member
Well spotted ... Pakistan Air Force is known for its unrelenting drive to have maximum serviceability of all its aircraft. Hence the emphasis of establishing full spectrum MRO facilities for its aircraft.
Hi my thoughts are we should consider this facility for the customers who want to or who are buying jf17/fc directly from china for future overhaul of their assets
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asif iqbal
Lieutenant General
Honestly I don't know what the big deal is
People are talking as if JF17 is a 100% PAC fighter
Without China there would be no such project so they built them and will so improve them
JF17 is in China for overhaul ? Yes because of course a full overhaul would require extensive equipment
PAC can do overhaul obviously not as good as the supplier
French engineers still visit PAC for Mirage 5 work 50 years since operational units began
Seriously this is not big deal
The best thing is that PAC will not only have to build JF17 new units but also overhaul and repair a fleet of them
So new division new people more work
It's been a decade older units are gaining flying hours beauty of the project is and was to keep larger % of work in house and that is happening
B1 overhaul
B2 under construction
B3 design finalised
That's over 150 aircraft
In future Uograde B1 go to B2 and B2 to B3 standards
Day by day work is increasing
People are talking as if JF17 is a 100% PAC fighter
Without China there would be no such project so they built them and will so improve them
JF17 is in China for overhaul ? Yes because of course a full overhaul would require extensive equipment
PAC can do overhaul obviously not as good as the supplier
French engineers still visit PAC for Mirage 5 work 50 years since operational units began
Seriously this is not big deal
The best thing is that PAC will not only have to build JF17 new units but also overhaul and repair a fleet of them
So new division new people more work
It's been a decade older units are gaining flying hours beauty of the project is and was to keep larger % of work in house and that is happening
B1 overhaul
B2 under construction
B3 design finalised
That's over 150 aircraft
In future Uograde B1 go to B2 and B2 to B3 standards
Day by day work is increasing
It was a Good read again. This interview clearly defines the role of JF17 with respect to PAF, being a light weight fighter that it is. It is a separate class of fighter than the medium sized F-16s or J-10s.
The emphasis is on providing a required set of abilities in a relatively modern airframe at a lower operating and acquisition cost.
In its role the JF-17 excels. As 150-200 quoted no. Of total JF17 s which will form the backbone of PAF, it is a huge upgrade in capability from PAF of even 10yrs ago. We don't need to fret, as the backbone fighter of PAF is full fourth gen aircraft with comparable weapon set to any modern fighter out there in our immediate neighborhood. I, for one, am very glad as to where this project stands now.
I just hope that Pakistan s political leadership would stand up to the industrial, geographic and military potential of the country too. We are a nuclear power but we dont act like one. We make a 4th gen aircraft but fail to materialize any meaningful military / geostrategic gains.