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Thursday, November 23, 2006

Pakistan to Induct Eight Chinese JF-17 Fighter Jets in 2007


JF-17 Thunder fighter

Pakistan is set to get the first batch of eight medium-technology fighter jets from China next year and the country would start manufacturing them locally from January 2008, a senior military official said on Wednesday.

"We shall...have the first two (JF-17 Thunder fighter) aircraft on March 23rd, while the remaining of the first batch of eight aircraft will also arrive next year," Air Marshal Khalid Choudhry, Chairman of Pakistan Aeronautical Complex, told Reuters.

"The hardcore production of JF-17 in Pakistan will start in January 2008."

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