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I would not rule out the possibility as previously in one of my post I have noted that we had at least 2 JF-17B available with us secondly to select an AESA radar it is logical to test the system in Pakistan and what could be a more appropriate environment than an actual combat operation .... but the issue is none of the JF-17B were officially part of PAF fleet at that time as per open source information, so my understanding [which have higher chances of going wrong] is Even if they were flying that day with AESA they were acting just as testbed not as official participant of the operation ....In one thread, airomerix said that on 27 Feb PAF used 2× AESA-equipped JF-17s (loaded with SD-10As) as EW / ECM assets against Indian ground-based radars.
I wonder if these were JF-17Bs since the enlarged nose section would accommodate the liquid-cooled AESA and not that of the JF-17A (Blk 1/2).
* I assume Chinese liquid-cooled AESA due to (i) loadout of SD-10A's, and (ii) internet rumours that the PAF had selected some 'high spec' AESA and not the Chinese air-cooled one.
@airomerix , @Tps43 can any of you comment about this interesting possibility raised by our friend Gryphon ....
As per official video about LKF-601e its possible even with previous blocks of JF-17I think Bravo can be added with AESA radar, that definitely gives it a big punch.