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The JF-17 was designed and developed primarily to meet the PAF requirement for an affordable, [24] unsanctionable, fourth-generation, lightweight, multi-role combat aircraft as a replacement for its large fleet of Nanchang A-5C bombers, Chengdu F-7P/PG interceptors, and Dassault Mirage III/5 fighters, with a cost of US$500 million, divided equally between Pakistan and China. [25]
20 [2] [3] J-10CE (20 delivered, 16 on order) [2] [3] [4] JF-17 Thunder: Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC), CAC Pakistan, China Jet Multirole 18 February 2010 [5] 156 161 [6] JF-17A Block 1 (50) JF-17A Block 2 (62) JF-17B Block 2 (26) [7] JF-17C Block 3 (23 delivered, [a] 27 on order) [9] All Block 1 and 2 JF-17s are planned to be upgraded to ...
JF-17 Thunder Block 3 [8] The PAF's second JF-17 squadron, A-5C retirement and JF-17 reequipment ceremony held in April 2011. Gallery.
JF-17A [14] [8] [9] No. 15 Squadron: Cobras: Multi-role Northern Air Command 33 Tactical Wing 5 June 1955 PAF Base Minhas: J-10C [3] [15] No. 16 Squadron: Black Panthers: Multi-role Northern Air Command 33 Tactical Wing April 1957 PAF Base Minhas: JF-17C Block lll [16] [17] No. 17 Squadron: Tigers: Air Superiority Northern Air Command 36 TA ...
No. 26 squadron's JF-17 Thunder armed with captive PL-5E and SD-10 missiles flies over the Nanga Parbat. On 18 February 2010, the Black Spiders was re-equipped with 14 JF-17 thunders and thus became the PAF's first squadron to be equipped with the new aircraft resultantly attaining the role of multirole squadron.
[17] It is currently expected that all of the ROSE-upgraded Mirage fighters jets will remain in combat service with the Pakistan Air Force beyond 2020 in specialized Tactical Attack roles. They are expected to be replaced by JF–17 Thunder (Block-3, Block-4 and Block-5) or additional F-16s.
A number of new 4.5 generation types are being developed in the 2020s, post the emergence of the true 5th generation and contemporaneous with 6th generation aircraft development, these include the HAL Tejas MK 1A, CAC/PAC JF-17 Thunder Block 3, and KAI KF-21 Boramae. [23] [14] [9]
As at 2021, the air force is one of the largest in Africa, consisting of over 18,000 personnel. [3] Some of its popular aircraft include the Chengdu F-7s, Dassault-Dornier Alpha Jets, JF-17 Thunder Block II, T129 Atak, Agusta Westland 109, Eurocopter EC135 and Embraer EMB 314 Super Tucano.