Azerbaijan Air Force Becomes Fourth Operator of JF-17 Fighter Aircraft, President Aliyev Confirms

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[Yasser76]

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From signing to delivery that was fast, even if these birds were already in production for PAF.

 

[Be dazzled]

From signing to delivery that was fast, even if these birds were already in production for PAF.

They're all newly made customized for Azeri air force needs. PAC can churn out 26 thunders in a year at full capacity.

 

[Yasser76]

They're all newly made customized for Azeri air force needs. PAC can churn out 26 thunders in a year at full capacity.

That is insanely short between signing and delivery. I mean insane.

 

[studsmart]

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image looks PSed

 

[Deino]

Slowly getting clearer ...

 

[Yommie]

Turkey is close with Azerbaijan. Hopefully Azerbaijan's induction of JF-17 paves the way for Turkey to become a user of JF-17.

 

[Foinikas]

Turkey is close with Azerbaijan. Hopefully Azerbaijan's induction of JF-17 paves the way for Turkey to become a user of JF-17.

Hah! I asked MMM-E and other Turks about this a few years ago. You know what they said? "Why should Turkey buy inferior technology". The funny thing was,some Pakistanis agreed on that.

 

[Yommie]

Hah! I asked MMM-E and other Turks about this a few years ago. You know what they said? "Why should Turkey buy inferior technology". The funny thing was,some Pakistanis agreed on that.

Why not? Today China makes world class products. BYD. Geely. GMW. Chery. They all shine in the West. No longer are Chinese products considered garbage. JF-17 will ride China's coattails to glory.

 

[Ali_Baba]

Why not? Today China makes world class products. BYD. Geely. GMW. Chery. They all shine in the West. No longer are Chinese products considered garbage. JF-17 will ride China's coattails to glory.

Türkiye is a NATO country and wants to buy equipment that can interoperate with NATO allies, that is why.

 

[Yommie]

Türkiye is a NATO country and wants to buy equipment that can interoperate with NATO allies, that is why.

Customizing JF-17 with NATO equipment is possible, as Poland, Slovakia have done with MiG-29 for example.

 

[Toxic]

Customizing JF-17 with NATO equipment is possible, as Poland, Slovakia have done with MiG-29 for example.

the turks have other options available with the F-16 Ozgur and EF 2000 why would they even need to buy the JF-17 in the first place? Also all the core components (like the engine) would still be Chinese or Russian.

 

[CSAW]

"Azerbaijan has inducted into its inventory Pakistan Aeronautical Complex/Chengdu Aircraft Industry Corporation (PAC/CAC) JF-17 Thunder combat aircraft, the office of the president of the Republic of Azerbaijan has indicated.

Four single-seat and one twin-seat JF-17 aircraft were filmed and photographed flying over the capital city of Baku during the 8 November Victory Day parade. The backseat occupant of the lead twin-seat aircraft was identified from the patches he was wearing in an image separately posted online as being Colonel Novruz Tahirov of the Azerbaijan Air Force (AzAF) and Air Defence Force, while the aircraft themselves were seemingly devoid of national markings.

The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) flew five JF-17 Block III aircraft to Azerbaijan for joint exercises in October. At that time, the airframes sported the national flag of Pakistan and serial number on the tail (and the same serial number on the forward fuselage), as well as PAF roundels on the wings.

For the parade, the Pakistani flag and PAF roundels had been removed from all the aircraft, while the serial numbers remained on the tail and forward fuselage. Serial number 24-322 was identifiable on an aircraft in both the PAF video of the aircraft arriving in Azerbaijan in full PAF markings and of it participating in the flypast devoid of Pakistani markings, seeming to confirm that these are the same airframes. While visibly present, the serial numbers of the other aircraft were not clear enough in the footage to be identifiable.

Janes​