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i have been actively promoting that we have all have a dicord server , it will be fun ig

If you give pdf membera real time chat, and ability to see whose typing in chat i garuntee the entire server devolves into 2 sentence punjabi insults and comebacks more than detailed posts. @ghazi52 will still be able to spam all the pictures chats though
 
I really doubt its 50th blk 3 in paf. There was something like 23 inducted by late 2023, maybe 30 if we push it to early 2024 Azeris placed initial orders for 16 jf-17s in early 2024 and almost immidietely PAC began work on those. By late 2025 we know 9+ had been delivered to them and another 24 had been ordered, assuming work on that second batch had not yet begun then between early 2024 and early 2026 PAC produced 30+ or likely upto 36 aircraft if they had a specifIc timeline with Azerbaijan.

This would be roughly 18 aircraft per year, a large scale increase in production from 21,22,23 that we had somehow both not noticed and had to start before may wakeup call and increased funding. This though Entirely possible is not very likely imo.
Let's look at the average based on available serial numbers.

Between 2018-2023 (6 years) 62 JF-17 Thunder aircrafts were produced. That's an average of 10.33 aircraft per year.

Year
Quantity
Operator / Quantity
2018​
06​
PAF Block-2A: 06
2019​
17​
NAF Block-2A: 03
PAF Block-2A: 03
PAF Block-2B: 11
2020​
14​
PAF Block-2B: 14
2021​
0​
N/A
2022​
15​
PAF Block-3A: 15
2023​
05​
PAF Block-3A: 05

There could be more with serial numbers starting with 23-3XX that have not been revealed yet.


Note: 301 & 302 not counted as not spotted with their serial numbers, unsure which years they belong to.
 
25-342 was an AI altered image unfortunatelyView attachment 197467
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This was from a PTV special regarding op swift retort.
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20-625 spotted. @GriffinsRule

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PAC was being drip fed orders and was not running anywhere near capacity, the Azeri order and further PAF orders allowed production to Finally ramp up
Production rate depends on orders, which depend on available funding. In case of foreign sales you don't have the funding constraint , so the production can ramp up.
 

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