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These planes were delivered as a part of a 2016 deal that the Burmese military junta signed to purchase JF-17 jets.
The $25-million jets arrived with structural problems but post-coup sanctions and a lack of local expertise make it impossible to fix them, ex-Air Force pilots say.
China-Pakistan's low cost, all-weather multi-role fighter JF-17 turns out to be failure ANI | Updated: Mar 06, 2021 05:57 IST Islamabad [Pakistan], March 6 (ANI): Pakistan's JF-17 "Thunder", which was supposed to a low cost, light-weight, all-weather multi-role fighter with a Chinese airframe, has now become a liability for Islamabad due to its high Operations and Maintenance cost as compared to the modern weapon systems. In 1999, Pakistan and China had inked an agreement to jointly develop and produce the JF-17 "Thunder". They had also decided to share t...
While attempting to retaliate against India's airstrike on a Pakistani terrorist group in February 2019, the JF-17 had performed poorly against IAF Mirage-2000
WHY IS PAKISTAN’S JF-17 FIGHTER A FAILURE? Agencies 16th January, 2021 04:33:23 In 1999, Pakistan and China signed an agreement to jointly develop and produce the JF-17 “Thunder” and equally share the development cost. The JF-17 was planned to be a low cost, light-weight, all-weather multi-role fighter with a Chinese airframe, equipped with Western avionics and powered by the Russian Klimov RD 93 aero-engine. Pakistan envisaged a fighter aircraft comparable to the Su-30MKI, Mig-29 and Mirage-2000. China even stated that it would induct the aircraft due to its superior capabilities. Ho...