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JF-17 Thunder Multirole Fighter [Thread 7]

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Probably landing gears as per public import documents
 

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Today I saw 3 JF-17's descending and was interested in knowing the ammo/load they were carrying on the hard points.

Got curious as to why fully armed fighters were flying (as air-to-air missiles have shelf life)
 

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Today I saw 3 JF-17's descending and was interested in knowing the ammo/load they were carrying on the hard points.

Got curious as to why fully armed fighters were flying (as air-to-air missiles have shelf life)
Having shelf life doesn’t mean they won’t be used... WVRs are always / mostly loaded just in case...

2 x Guided bombs on there
2xPL-5, 2xGBU-10, 2 Drop Tanks
 
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No way to tell if its a single or a dual seat variant.
Aircraft fly with weapon loads all the time, and there is no way again to tell from this picture if they live weapons or just dummy/training rounds.
 
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strike plan is always there in case of possible attack to neutralize enemy radars
 
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Yesterday some indian Twitter accounts reporting about PAF caps,
 
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