ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Air Force has completed the production of 26 JF-17 Thunder combat jets in collaboration with China during a period of two years, an official said on Tuesday.
The senior PAF official, who was briefing the public accounts committee of parliament, said while replying to a query that the air force had achieved the target set for producing the JF-17 jets in the country.
The parliamentary panel was informed that Pakistan began the serial production of the jet in collaboration with China two years ago.
The JF-17 was jointly developed by Pakistan and China. The PAF plans to induct 250 JF-17s in the coming years. Defence production secretary Shahid Iqbal told the parliamentary committee that two P-3C Orion anti-submarine and maritime surveillance aircraft were destroyed in a recent terrorist attack on a naval airbase in Karachi and efforts were being made to replace them.
The senior PAF official, who was briefing the public accounts committee of parliament, said while replying to a query that the air force had achieved the target set for producing the JF-17 jets in the country.
The parliamentary panel was informed that Pakistan began the serial production of the jet in collaboration with China two years ago.
The JF-17 was jointly developed by Pakistan and China. The PAF plans to induct 250 JF-17s in the coming years. Defence production secretary Shahid Iqbal told the parliamentary committee that two P-3C Orion anti-submarine and maritime surveillance aircraft were destroyed in a recent terrorist attack on a naval airbase in Karachi and efforts were being made to replace them.
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