Key Points - China and Pakistan’s JF-17 “Thunder” is receiving major upgrades, with the Block III variant adding AESA radar, advanced avionics, and fly-by-wire controls—features found in modernized ...

China and Pakistan jointly developed the JF-17 combat jet, which first entered service in 2007. As of October 2021, some 145 JF-17s were in service with Pakistan, Myanmar, and Nigeria. Several other ...

China’s bargain bin JF-17 is less about dogfights than deals, binding cash strapped air forces to Beijing with cut rate firepower, easy credit, and long term political leverage.

The JF-17 Thunder was among the highlights of this year’s Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT) at RAF Fairford. The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) took part in this year’s Royal International Air Tattoo ...

Cheap, Easy, Available: Asia’s JF-17 Thunder Contrasts U.S. and Russian Tactical Aircraft. Develop it faster, build it cheaper and make it more available. From electronics to automobiles, the Asian ...

China’s JF-17 “Thunder” multirole fighter is one of China’s most successful aerospace exports. While it was designed from the outset to be an export fighter, its road to service was very rocky, ...

Pakistan appears to have a second international customer for its domestically assembled Aeronautical Complex/Chengdu Aerospace Corporation (PAC/CAC) JF-17 “Thunder” multirole fighter jet after Myanmar ...

For a long time, the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union have been the leaders in technologically advanced fighter jets. Recently, however, China has been catching up in terms of ...

The Pakistan Aeronautical Complex/Chengdu Aerospace Corporation (PAC/CAC) JF-17 “Thunder” Block III multirole fighter aircraft will have its first flight before the end of 2019, according to local ...

Key point: Although the JF-17 is of Chinese design, it still uses a Russian engine. The 2019 India-Pakistan border skirmish resulted in major shake-ups within the Indian Air Force (IAF). The most ...

A flypast over Baku suggests that Azerbaijan has accepted at least five Chengdu/Pakistan Aeronautical Complex JF-17 fighters. The aircraft appeared in online footage of a 9 November military parade to ...