CHINA-PAKISTAN: JET FIGHTER AIRCRAFT

 Li Pei, former head of the aircraft project under the Aviation Industry Corporation of China, told the Party mouthpiece People's Daily on April 24, 2015, that China will turn over the last batch of 50 FC-1 Xiaolong fighters to Pakistan over the next three years. Known as the JF-17 Thunder in Pakistan, the Xiaolong is a multirole fighter designed jointly by the Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group and the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex. Under the contract signed between Beijing and Islamabad, Pakistan will receive a total number of 110 Thunder fighters from China. Pakistan has already received 60 fighters from China since 2007. Ten of them were devoted to the test and evaluation unit, based in Minhas, the other 50 aircraft were assigned to the 16th and 26th squadrons of the Pakistan Air Force.

 






Subscribe to Newswire | Site Map | Email Us
Centre for China Analysis and Strategy, A-50, Second Floor, Vasant Vihar, New Delhi-110057
Tel: 011 41017353
Email: office@ccasindia.org