It is confirmed Sri Lanka Air Force to buy JF-17s

[HeinzG]

The Sinhalese news article.

ගුවන් හමුදාවට à¶*වà¶*් ගුවන් යානා සහ හෙලිකොප්ටර්

 

[Luftwaffe]

Too early Kfirs were procured between 1995-2005 I doubt SLAF would replace them before 2017.

 

[JayAtl]

Awaits india's diplomatic hissy fit.

Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, all sky will full of JF-17.......

actually if you guys promise to continue to use these Chinese aircraft's. India may even give you a soft loan... to help you out.

 

[Don Jaguar]

Good.

They are replacing their kfir jets with Muslim jets.

 

[KRAIT]

Awaits india's diplomatic hissy fit.

o boy, totally uncalled for.

 

[FarazUSA]

Good.

They are replacing their kfir jets with Muslim jets.

Kafir cannot get 72.

 

[KRAIT]

Good.
They are replacing their kfir jets with Muslim jets.

Good one. Maine to insaano ke religion ka suna tha, jets ka bhi religion hoa hai ye naa maloom tha. Thanks a lot.

 

[Don Jaguar]

Good one. Maine to insaano ke religion ka suna tha, jets ka bhi religion hoa hai ye naa maloom tha. Thanks a lot.

Pakistan mein rahna hai tu Muslim tu hona paray ga.

 

[sachin@india]

Pakistan mein rahna hai tu Muslim tu hona paray ga.

so is it a shia plane or a sunni plane ?

 

[HeinzG]

Too early Kfirs were procured between 1995-2005 I doubt SLAF would replace them before 2017.

Kafirs were already expired there flying hours when SLAF bought them from Israel. However Kafir severed SLAF during it's service life remarkably even though suffering from fatal faults. But now after the end of the civil war, Kafir's worthiness to the SLAF as a ground attack bomb truck is gone. It is now only flying in parades except for their training flights. There fore it is high time that all lot of Kafirs to retire with pride unless there won't be any Kafir left to retire due to the highly volatile flying condition of these jets.

 

[BigDaddyWatch]

I Have read this news in Weekly news paper that SLAF is going to buy JF 17s. There is no internet source yet. But I'll update the thread later. BTW SLAF plans to buy 6 JF-17s to obviously replace the older Kafir jets. In the same time SLAF plans to buy 17 Mi-17s and 2 Bell 206 helicopters according to the Defense ministry's planned project progress report for 2013.

Cheers.

P.S I was hoping that SLAF would buy Su-30s but JF-17s are ok for our needs. However SLAF should buy atleast 6 more to create a somewhat powerful squadron IMO.

Do you have a link for this story or did you write this you're self ? And are the Russians going to allow the RD-93 engines to be re-exported to a third country ?

 

[Don Jaguar]

so is it a shia plane or a sunni plane ?

It is both.

 

[HeinzG]

They should have went for atleast a squadron.

What should SL do. Money is hard to come by.

Do you have a link for this story or did you write this you're self ? And are the Russians going to allow the RD-93 engines to be re-exported to a third country ?

The link to Sinhalese news article
http://www.defence.pk/forums/central-south-asia/223392-confiremd-sri-lanka-air-force-buy-jf-17s-2.html#post3680683

If Russians don't won't to sell RD-93s we take any other engine in it's place. SLAF is not specific when it comes to details.

 

[Safriz]

o boy, totally uncalled for.

My dear,you doubt my predictions.
Just wait and see...
Hope its doesnt happen,but it will.

 

[Tehmasib]

Jo B kahoo en k neend uri uri jay jab jab JF-17 ka naam aye bhai