JF-17 Thunder Multirole Fighter [Thread 6]

[Dazzler]

Gustakhi maaf meray bhai but above news seems to me like the following you once shared with us, long time ago.




I just have a humble request to you to please stop spreading rumors.

Never mind, carry on with your life. On a side note, the person who told me this was present in themeeting.

qaqa five years purani posts ko reply kr rhey ho

Leave him alone, its his personal vendetta

In this duration, PAF air chief and jft project manager were proven wrong too but he digs out my posts for some reason.

 

[IrbiS]

Never mind, carry on with your life. On a side note, the person who told me this was present in themeeting.



Leave him alone, its his personal vendetta

In this duration, PAF air chief and jft project manager were proven wrong too but he digs out my posts for some reason.

What happened of PLAAF inducting JFT as President said?

 

[Zarvan]

Never mind, carry on with your life. On a side note, the person who told me this was present in themeeting.



Leave him alone, its his personal vendetta

In this duration, PAF air chief and jft project manager were proven wrong too but he digs out my posts for some reason.

My question is Where the bloody hell are those 5 BLOCK II which were supposed to come in December 2014

 

[ArsalanKhan21]

My question is Where the bloody hell are those 5 BLOCK II which were supposed to come in December 2014

Yes ! Where the hell are theses JF-17 Block II ? Is PAF refusing to accept these fighters ?

 

[DANGER-ZONE]

Never mind, carry on with your life. On a side note, the person who told me this was present in the meeting.

Ya sure, I am really good with my life Alhamdulillah and BTW I am really happy to see an active JFT Sqn. in Qatar air force, really makes me proud.

 

[Dazzler]

My question is Where the bloody hell are those 5 BLOCK II which were supposed to come in December 2014

I tell you what, they read this forum consistently and love to troll fanboys.

The batch is ready yet the ceremony is delayed for whatever reason.

 

[Windjammer]

A JF-17 involved in rehearsals for the Pakistan Day Parade.

 

[araz]

Ya sure, I am really good with my life Alhamdulillah and BTW I am really happy to see an active JFT Sqn. in Qatar air force, really makes me proud.

You need to take and review things in perspective. A party may be very interested in a platform but between that interest and the actual deal are many hurdles and these sometimes take a very long time. In the interim other parties are trying to influence thè vendor into buying their products. So between Interest and deal a lot could go wrong or simply the deal gets delayed due to vendor requirements. So it is never over till its over and an Interest and a deal are 2 different cats altogether and they all have claws.

 

[Tempest II]

Block 2 JF-17 makes first flight ahead of Block 3 improvements - IHS Jane's 360

Block 2 JF-17 makes first flight ahead of Block 3 improvements
Alan Warnes, Kamra, Pakistan - IHS Jane's Defence Weekly
16 March 2015
The first Block 2 JF-17 Thunder combat aircraft made its maiden flight from the Pakistan Aeronautical Company (PAC) facility at Kamra on 9 February.

The aircraft (serial number 2P01) made three more successful flights before being taken to the paint shop in mid-February. The test flights came as a boost as PAC continues to look for a first export customer for its platform.

Air Commodore Ahsan Rafiq, Deputy Chief Project Director (Operations) JF-17 and a former commanding officer of the JF-17 Test and Evaluation Unit, described the Block 2 version as "an upgraded Block 1 with an air-to-air refuelling (AAR) probe, enhanced oxygen system [to allow the pilot to stay in the air longer], and improved electronic countermeasures system (ECS)".

 

[Bratva]

Block 2 JF-17 makes first flight ahead of Block 3 improvements - IHS Jane's 360

Block 2 JF-17 makes first flight ahead of Block 3 improvements
Alan Warnes, Kamra, Pakistan - IHS Jane's Defence Weekly
16 March 2015
The first Block 2 JF-17 Thunder combat aircraft made its maiden flight from the Pakistan Aeronautical Company (PAC) facility at Kamra on 9 February.

The aircraft (serial number 2P01) made three more successful flights before being taken to the paint shop in mid-February. The test flights came as a boost as PAC continues to look for a first export customer for its platform.

Air Commodore Ahsan Rafiq, Deputy Chief Project Director (Operations) JF-17 and a former commanding officer of the JF-17 Test and Evaluation Unit, described the Block 2 version as "an upgraded Block 1 with an air-to-air refuelling (AAR) probe, enhanced oxygen system [to allow the pilot to stay in the air longer], and improved electronic countermeasures system (ECS)".

@fatman17 Can you post full janes article ASAP please ?

 

[IrbiS]

@fatman17 Can you post full janes article ASAP please ?

It is what's posted already check the link

 

[Bratva]

It is what's posted already check the link

(120 of 439 words)

 

[IrbiS]

(120 of 439 words)

Sorry didn't notice.

 

[VelocuR]

Block 2 JF-17 makes first flight ahead of Block 3 improvements

Publication:Jane's Defence Weekly
Last posted: 2015-03-17

The first Block 2 JF-17 Thunder combat aircraft made its maiden flight from the Pakistan Aeronautical Company (PAC) facility at Kamra on 9 February.

The aircraft (serial number 2P01) made three more successful flights before being taken to the paint shop in mid-February. The test flights came as a boost as PAC continues to look for a first export customer for its platform.

Air Commodore Ahsan Rafiq, Deputy Chief Project Director (Operations) JF-17 and a former commanding officer of the JF-17 Test and Evaluation Unit, described the Block 2 version as "an upgraded Block 1 with an air-to-air refuelling (AAR) probe, enhanced oxygen system [to allow the pilot to stay in the air longer], and improved electronic countermeasures system (ECS)".

The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) has a contract for 50 Block 2 JF-17s but as Air Cdre Ahsan pointed out, "the full AAR system will not appear until the 29th jet, which should fly later this year [at Chengdu Aircraft Corporation (CAC) in China]."

In a further development that sends a clear signal that PAC and Chinese marketing partner CATIC intend business in the international arena, the Block 2 JF-17 will also have a two-seater version, which is now being developed at Chengdu according to the PAF's requirements.

"We know potential customers would like to see a two-seater, although it is not such a big deal for the PAF, which started flying several types, [A-5, F-6, F-7P and F-7PG] without a training version," Air Cdre Ahsan said. "This will give us the chance to show potential suitors how the jet can perform in the air."

COMMENT

Air Cdre Ahsan said that while Block 1 and 2 JF-17s will not differ significantly - with Block 1 JF-17's ECS likely to be upgraded when it suits the PAF, it will be a different story with the Block 3 series.

"We are still developing the Block 3 configuration, but it will be a considerably different aircraft compared to the previous two blocks," he said. "A new AESA [active electronically scanned array] radar will be integrated, but this is still in the design stage; however, we are looking at both Western and Eastern options."

Integrating an AESA with the SD-10A beyond-visual-range missile will provide the PAF and any other JF-17 operator with a long-range, all-aspect precision day and night engagement capability.

As the JF-17 continues to evolve, aircraft units will start coming off the PAC Kamra production line more quickly. The facility is also set to reach the 58% transfer of technology agreed with China, which had been previously slowed down to keep it in line with the plant's infrastructure and equipment growth.

This Block 2 JF-17, with its KLJ-7 airborne pulse doppler fire-control radar visible, was one of the few units on the production line at PAC Kamra on 19 February. The Block 3 version, now being developed, will accommodate a new AESA radar. (Alan Warnes)

The second Block 2 JF-17 sits in the flight test station at PAC Kamra, awaiting its first flight. (Alan Warnes)

Everyone should remember this article of many key points, don't repeat same discussion.


2P01
2P02
2P03



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2P01

Now 15-201 from 2P01 (I think)

2P02

2P03

 

[DANGER-ZONE]

You need to take and review things in perspective. A party may be very interested in a platform but between that interest and the actual deal are many hurdles and these sometimes take a very long time. In the interim other parties are trying to influence thè vendor into buying their products. So between Interest and deal a lot could go wrong or simply the deal gets delayed due to vendor requirements. So it is never over till its over and an Interest and a deal are 2 different cats altogether and they all have claws.

My friend I really appreciate your reply and I'm totally aware of the procedure of any arm deal and I am not making fun any of JF-17 potential sales but pointing out some members that are spreading false rumors since long based on their own source.
It would be good if people start posting news backed by an official source rather than their own.

Whats kind of radar is this ? Is this a radar covering / cap or somthing ?

NO REFUELING PROBE.