JF-17 - Updates, News & Discussion

[m52k85]

Sorry, I stand corrected.

• 14 Block-2B aircraft (however, these were produced in 2020, so they fall within the previous decade).
• 15 Block-3 aircraft produced in 2022.
• 6 Block-3 aircraft produced in 2023 (could be more).

We don't yet have the acquisition data for the PAF covering 2024–2026.

PAC has become extremely secretive since the new government took office in February 2024. Or, I would say, since the attempted coup on 9 May 2023.

I don't think PAC going secretive has anything to do with any political situation. We just have not been producing Jf-17s for PAF, they latest ones have gone Azerbaijan, along with PAF's own block-2. Fighter procurement has taken a back seat in the age of drones and rockets.

 

[MasterChief]

So far in the first six years of this decade, Pakistan Air Force has inducted 49 new JF-17 Thunders, 20 new J-10C Indus Dragons, and thousands of drones in different categories of all shapes and sizes including Bayraktar Akinci and CAIG Wing Loong.

A lost decade can start from 2023 ......

 

[Pakistani Dragon]

A lost decade can start from 2023 ......

Why? That makes no sense.

The last time the PAF experienced a lost decade was because Pakistan was under sanctions and couldn't acquire the aircraft it wanted. That's not the case this time.

In fact, Pakistan now has more options than before. It appears to be waiting to see what further inductions the Indian Air Force makes before deciding on its next acquisitions.

 

[MasterChief]

Why? That makes no sense.

The last time the PAF experienced a lost decade was because Pakistan was under sanctions and couldn't acquire the aircraft it wanted. That's not the case this time.

In fact, Pakistan now has more options than before. It appears to be waiting to see what further inductions the Indian Air Force makes before deciding on its next acquisitions.

Ok thank you ...

 

[PAKISTANFOREVER]

Why? That makes no sense.

The last time the PAF experienced a lost decade was because Pakistan was under sanctions and couldn't acquire the aircraft it wanted. That's not the case this time.

In fact, Pakistan now has more options than before. It appears to be waiting to see what further inductions the Indian Air Force makes before deciding on its next acquisitions.

We were prevented from buying fighter jets from america and in those days that was the ONLY option Pakistan had to buy world class deadly advanced fighter jets. Now we can get them from China. We have NO NEEED to purchase weapons systems from anywhere else.

 

[maverik]

Guess all the funds are diverted towards drones.

Everyone watching and learning from Ukraine Russia war.

I hope this is true. India still has a long way to go to catch up with the PAF, and drones are now an absolute necessity. I dream of a day when all intelligence-based operations are conducted using FPV drones, similar to how Israel operates.

 

[CSAW]

 

[ghazi52]

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[SBD-3]

Realizing the operational costs of heavy twin engine J-16s, PLAAF is now deploying versions of JL-10 trainers for Cost effective air patrolling

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