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Twin-seat FC-1B/JF-17B makes maiden flight

The twin-seat fighter-trainer variant of the Chengdu FC-1 Xiaolong successful completed its maiden flight on 27 April. The FC-1 Xiaolong, currently serving with the Pakistani Air Force (PAF) as the JF-17 Thunder, is a single-engine, multirole fighter aircraft first introduced in 2003. However, the aircraft can trace its origin to the Super-7, a failed Sino-US cooperation project amid to radically…

Chief of the Air Staff Pakistan Air Force Visited Zhuhai Air Show

Zhuhai, 13 November, 2014: Air Chief Marshal Tahir Rafique Butt, Chief of the Air Staff Pakistan Air Force visited Zhuhai Air Show (China) at the invitation of Peoples Liberation Army and Air Force (PLAAF). He participated in the opening ceremony of the Air Show.

The Air Chief visited the PAF contingent which is participating in Zhuhai Air Show – 2014. He also witnessed the static display of…

CAC/PAC JF-17 Thunder - Weapons Loads

A joint production of China and Pakistan, the JF-17 Thunder is to become the future backbone of the Pakistani Air Force, replacing Mirage III/5s, A-5 Fantans, and F-7 Fishbeds. CAC/PAC has also tried to line up export customers, but has yet to finalize any purchases.

Officials from Argentine aerospace company Fabrica Argentina de Aviones (FAdeA) told IHS Jane's at the 2013 Paris Air Show they have had multiple discussions with Chinese officials over potential co-production of the Chengdu Aircraft Corporation (CAC) FC-1/JF-17 multirole combat aircraft.

Discussions are far from concluded, with FAdeA officials saying "technology transfer" issues remain a sticking point. Nonetheless, the discussions are the first formal effort that could lead to the co-production of a modern Chinese fighter in Latin America. FAdeA officials said the co-produced FC-1 could be called the 'Pulqui-III', recalling FAdeA's Pulqui-II, Latin America's first swept wing jet fighter, which was designed by Germany's Kurt Tank for the government of Juan Peron.