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Indeed 39, but according to HAIC last delivery in 2010 was 11 aircraft handed over on 27 October 2010. And no, I do not have that news item anymore :-)

Isn't there a K-8 preserved in 'celebrity row' inside PAC Kamra, southern part of the complex?

Talons at Mianwali/M.M.Alam AB nowadays? At least a handful with these very markings were landing at that base, see Hum News 7 September footage:

Yes those great shots inspired me to make this overview :-) 36 has an Astazou engine, which should make it an SA319B. It visited the United Kingdom in 2005 and was confirmed as SA319B construction number 2388.

How many Alouettes are still on strength? I have seen photos of the following 10: 31 SE3160/SA316 32 SE3160/SA316 33 SE3160/SA316 34 SE3160/SA316 35 SA319B 36 SA319B 40 SA319B 41 SA319B 42 SA319B 43 SA319B

They have too many Gripens as it is (and/or too few pilots). The Gripen/Hawk combo leaves little room for the JF-17 I think. It was a political deal, the SAAF would rather have had M2000 to ease transition from the Mirage 3.

So the situation with the Block II production could be like this: 2P-51 to 2P-59 > PAF 18-251 to 18-256, 19-257 to 19-259 2P-60 > Neelum-1 to Nigeria? 2P-61 to 2P-64 > 1x Neelum-2 to Nigeria, 3x to PAF 19-260/19-262 (to make up 12)? Then onward in the 2P-sequence with B-models (B-suffix)?

From which date/year is this order of battle? It seems a historical overview?

My pleasure. The Chinese have a system, as far as I can ascertain, using prefix for the type followed by a batch and sequence number. Prototypes do not have a batch number, so after the prefix usually have some zeros and then a sequence number. The prototypes and preproduction single seaters...

There are various threads on the JF-17, the Block-III threads contains the discussions on that: https://defence.pk/pdf/threads/jf-17-block-3-updates-news-discussion.594030/page-255

Taken in Pakistan 11 April 2018 (c) Zohaib Malik / Falcons.pk: http://falcons.pk/photo/JF-17B-Thunder/2164 And another, same source & credit as above, but taken 12 September 2018: http://falcons.pk/photo/JF-17B-Thunder/2040

One question. The red sign on the Air Traffic control building reads "... JF-17 BLK III SINGLE SEAT AIRCRAFT" that would only make sense if there is also a JF-17 block III DUAL seat aircraft in existance, or is that just hope & semantics?

I count 10 on the flightline? video as posted by PAF Falcons

CAC 01 f/f 27 April 2017 became 17-601 CAC 02 f/f 7 December 2017 is still in China CAC 03 f/f 3 August 2018 became 19-602 These three do not have 2P-numbers, those are only used by PAC as far as I know.

Ok thanks Aziqbal! I have not seen any photographs of 2P-65B and 2P-66B yet? Any recent images of those? So far, I have assumed them to be 19-603/604 :-) With regard to 19-602 at PAC, that is aircraft #3 in the over-all count, while CAC "02" is aircraft #2 and still in China ;-)

My best guess: 601 to 604 (2P-63B to 2P-66B probably assigned but not noted?) 2 assembled in China, two of these are former prototypes 01 (17-601) and 03 (19-602) 2 assembled in Pakistan but at least one also seen in China (19-604) Note: prototype 02 is still in China with CAC 2P-67B to 2P-70B...

All the centre fuselages and parts of the tail as well as some other parts are built in Pakistan I think (could be that the first dual prototypes were fully produced in China). Production/assembly for Pakistan is done by PAC Kamra. Production/assembly for some foreign customers could be handled...

From facebook post. Well, if I understand correctly, the 2019 batch stops at 262 because after the first 50 Block II were ordered, the follow-on order consisted of twelve aircraft. Because 2P62 was already under construction this year that will constitute the last one and likely be 19?-262...

Nigeria has yet to receive its first three birds as far as I am aware. That is what Alan states also.

Last three AH-1Z now also stored at 309th AMARG in Tucson, Arizona. All twelve now 'conserved'...