hj786
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I have a question!
F-16 block 60 has overblown (swollen) part on both sides behind the cockpit where wings attach to main frame of aircraft, adjacent to wings and airframe. It is also now visible on J-10B airframe. What is this. If this is for fuel storage why we dont design new block of JF-17 like this.
Those parts are called "conformal fuel tanks" (CFT). Search them up on google. F-15E also has them. They are not visible on the real J-10B's airframe, the J-10B pictures you are talking about are simply computer-generated pictures that were made by a Chinese air force fan. I'm pretty sure JF can be modified with them, but whether JF-17 actually needs them is the question. I think there are higher priorities like getting a more powerful, reliable and economical engine fitted to JF. It is already compatible with aerial refuelling anyway, so I doubt it needs CFT.