Azerbaijan renews interest in the JF-17

[Hassan Guy]

https://twitter.com/x/status/801434467332214789

Bilal's Article:
http://quwa.org/2016/11/27/azerbaijan-rekindles-interest-in-the-jf-17-thunder/

 

[Muhammad Omar]

Someone make a thread related to Countries interested in JF-17 and Super Mushshaq

 

[Peaceful Civilian]

Good news, hope they order good numbers.

 

[Skyliner]

JF-17 block 3 and JF-17B is the cause behind all these interests.
Wish to see it as One of The Top Sold Fighter Jet.

 

[Maxpane]

I wish they order 50 plus birds

 

[graphican]

JF-17 has already established interest around the world and looks like customers are now hasting to get in line first. MaShaAllah. Whoever places the order first will have his delivery time-frame ahead of others.

I hope sale of JF-17s doesn't affect its delivery for PAF's requirements.

 

[Skywalker]

The only hiccup of selling jf17 was the Way we marketed initially, what PAF did not realised that maybe what their pilots are comfortable with is not the case with other interested airforces or pilots, since the day the jf17b see the daylight everybody would see concrete interest from around the world.

 

[shah1398]

Arrival of JF-17B is the first very step towards bulk sales of all 3 blocks as per requirement of the customers. Many countries still value dual seaters for the conversion courses so they better bring in dual seater fast rather than loosing quite good orders. On the contrary PAF has promptly showed it to the world Thunder is designed as per modern world aviation standards where your major training is conducted on simulators and thus not only lots of money is saved but also many man-hours and time and your first sortie in Thunder is always solo. PAF pilots with as less hours as 250 had easily been converting to Thunder and that is the real beauty of this machine with regards to training, ease of handling, cockpit aesthetics and ease of operations even for the trainee pilots.

 

[Hassan Guy]

http://www.ibtimes.co.in/pakistan-m...ighters-azerbaijan-interested-aircraft-705946

 

[Hassan Guy]

https://topwar.ru/104697-azerbaydzhan-mozhet-zakupit-v-pakistane-istrebiteli-jf-17.html

Others:
http://military-informant.com/airfo...nogotselevyih-istrebiteley-jf-17-thunder.html

http://defence-blog.com/news/azerba...-looks-to-buy-jf-17-thunder-fighter-jets.html

 

[Hassan Guy]

In the comments:
The Russians aren't very fond of the JF-17
A Ukranian guy thinks the JF-17 is good
And there is one dude from Belarus who thinks the JF-17 is not bad.

 

[nadeemkhan110]

Azerbaijan can purchase in Pakistan JF-17 fighters
Today, 14:46
Azerbaijani Defense Ministry has expressed interest in acquiring the multi-role fighters JF-17 the Thunder, developed by Pakistani and Chinese designers, according to military informant citing defence-blog.com.

Agreement on the development of military-technical cooperation was signed by the parties in early November.Deputy Prime Minister of Azerbaijan Yagub Eyyubov, the exhibition «Defence Exhibition and Seminar» (IDEAS-2016) reiterated the government's interest in expanding cooperation with Pakistan.

Source said that Azerbaijan may become the first foreign customer 2-seater version of JF-17B fighter. "This version has an enlarged fairing to accommodate the fuel in order to compensate for the volume occupied by the co-pilot seat," - said in a statement.

source: https://topwar.ru/104697-azerbaydzhan-mozhet-zakupit-v-pakistane-istrebiteli-jf-17.html

 

[Beast]

In the comments:
The Russians aren't very fond of the JF-17
A Ukranian guy thinks the JF-17 is good
And there is one dude from Belarus who thinks the JF-17 is not bad.

The Russian dont like becos JF-17 is a direct competitor against their Mig-29 sales but they are obliged to sell engine to support this project as it is backed by Chinese.

JF-17 is a blend of some F-16 and F-18 while having some of its uniqueness. It can't be too bad when going up against other 4th gen fighter.

 

[maximuswarrior]

In the comments:
The Russians aren't very fond of the JF-17
A Ukranian guy thinks the JF-17 is good
And there is one dude from Belarus who thinks the JF-17 is not bad.

JF-17 is competition for the Russians. I can understand their sentiment.

 

[Sully3]

The Russian dont like becos JF-17 is a direct competitor against their Mig-29 sales but they are obliged to sell engine to support this project as it is backed by Chinese.

JF-17 is a blend of some F-16 and F-18 while having some of its uniqueness. It can't be too bad when going up against other 4th gen fighter.

yup JF17 is direct competition to the mig29's who's sales number definitely took a hit in the last 2 years.

problem isn't the mig29, the issue is most countries are looking for jets that don't have any sanctions. This is where the jf17 becomes the automatic choice