CHINA AND PAKISTAN'S "JOINT FIGHTER-17" (JF-17) IS A single-engine, multi-role fighter of Pakistan Air Force (PAF), with the ability to conduct aerial reconnaissance, ground attack, and interception missions. Both, China and Pakistan, are desperately looking for buyers of JF-17s. The publicly announced rejection of the JF-17 by Malaysia and Sri Lanka appears to have been a setback for the modernisation programme of PAF. Several times, the Pakistani and other media reported that a number of air forces were considering the purchase of the JF-17. Later such claims were proven false. They also listed more than a dozen potential export markets for the JF-17, including Argentina, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Myanmar, Nigeria, the Philippines, Venezuela, and Zimbabwe. The export possibilities for the JF-17 have been the subject of countless rumours and false beginnings.
BRIEF HISTORY
JF-17 was the dream project for Pakistan. It multiplied the PAF's dreams, but the development of the project, since inception, was 'dim', and the dividends only existed as dreams. In June 1999, China and Pakistan signed a contract to develop and produce the Chengdu FC-1 / Super-7' in Pakistan. The Chinese designation "FC-1" stands for "Fighter China-1". They had agreed to split the project cost. In addition, there are striking similarities between it and the US company Lockheed Martin's F-16. Both nations' air forces agreed to place sizable orders for the aircraft as part of the 50:50 partnership agreement. PAF has a minimum need of 200 of these platforms. The plane's name was changed to "Joint Fighter-17" in 2003, with the "-17" denoting that, in the PAF's vision, it is the successor to the F-16. The hype surrounding it as the best fighter aircraft in the world was completely baseless.
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