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While Two of India’s homegrown LCA-Tejas fighter jet have been busy practicing for the Bahrain airshow at its first International outing, participation of Sino-Pak developed JF-17 are yet to be confirmed by Organizers while informed sources in Pakistan Air Force have informed few Pakistani Defence Portals that due to prior commitments, JF-17 might skip this year’s Bahrain International Air Show which begins today.
Organizers of Bahrain International Airshow have been trying hard to confirm the participation of JF-17 operated by PAF for some time now and had already allocated parking space bay next to Indian LCA-Tejas which fuelled much-anticipated showdown between fighters developed by Arch rivals which will see the bulk of Aerial action if India and Pakistan ever go to war again.
Pakistan Air Force operated JF-17 have been quite regular at Bahrain International Airshow and have thrilled audiences with its Aerobatic manoeuvres in last three edition of the Airshow but a No show when India is sending its LCA-Tejas to Bahrain International Airshow for the first time will only fuel arguments in defence forums of been given Indian LCA-Tejas a walkover by its Rival.
Responding to Question been asked about the participation of JF-17 in Bahrain Airshow, the official Twitter handle of Bahrain International Airshow till now only confirmed Static Display of JF-17 which means it won’t be flying, which will disappoint many International Aeronautic observers and Analyst to closely observe both planes to settle decade-old dispute between rivals on who has developed a superior plane.
LCA-Tejas recently received major upgrade to its software blocks which allowed it to pull beyond 8Gs and cleared it to perform manoeuvres which were never seen before. LCA-Tejas after coming back will also test fire Derby BVRAAM missiles which is one of the key requirements in its FOC Certification.
LCA Tejas Vs JF-17: Lack of Clarity on Participation of JF-17 cast doubts on Big fight