mo293
December 12, 2010, 5:30am
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Re: Pakistan built JF-17 Fighter Aircraft wins at Zhuhai Airshow,China 2010
^ PAF never considered F-16s as their mainstay Multi-role Fighters instead they inducted a special tactical squadron laced with F-16s only.
PAF have been in the market for a long time to replace its aging MRF Fighters and settled with JF-17 built jointly by China & Pakistan. Since JF-17 is built with PAF specific requirements it would phase-out F-7P, F-6, Mirrages, PAF has in its arsenal.
J-10 is China made indigenous C-Fighter aircraft ^ link, is another item on PAF shopping list which China has signed & sealed to provide them asap. PAF will aquire 80+ of J-10s and 110 + of JF-17 (approximate)
So far it has been reported by various sources that 250 x JF-17 will be ordered by PAF, One of the source cited below. But how many we will get depends on the threat preception.
http://www.newspostindia.com/2010-11-18-pakistan-shops-for-chinese-weapons-250-jf-17-fighter-jets-sd-10-air-to-air-missiles