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JF-17 Thunder Time Line
A collection of Project JF-17 related pictures from its inception to
induction in Pakistan Air Force. |
JF-17 Sr.# 09-111 with specially marked Pakistani flag color scheme.
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JF-17 Thunder heading back to the squadron shelter after landing at Peshawer air base.
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JF-17 Sr.# 08-108 with dark color scheme. The cockpit is designed in such a way that pilots have a clear view of aircraft.
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JF-17 Thunder on the take-off roll. PAF has planned to place RD-93 engines in first two batches of total 100 JF-17.
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JF-17 formation preparing for take-off with three external fuel tanks for greater range.
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JF-17 deploying drogure chute after successfully completion of a training mission.
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JF-17 taxiing from Minhas Air Base.
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JF-17 wearing Pak-China color scheme during a
low pass over Minhas Air Base.
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Blackspiders JF-17 all set for take-off. Note the pilot's handbooks and manuals lying in the cockpit.
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No.26 Sqn JF-17 Thunder during a practise flight for Izmir air show 2011. More photos here.
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JF-17 Thunder awaiting instructions to takeoff.
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JF-17 pilot waving to camera after arriving
in China for Zhuhai Air show 2010.
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Blackspiders JF-17 preparing to takeoff with
three external fuel tanks.
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Thunders on 23rd March Parade (2008).
Pilots: OC JF-17 TEF Wng Cdr Ahsan (lead).
Wng Cdr Afzal, Sqn Ldr Rana Hakim Raza
and Sqn Ldr Khalid.
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JF-17 Sr.# 08-108 is one of the two aircraft which
received dark colored markings during alternative
color scheme trials. This scheme fail to impress PAF,
current low-viz paint scheme was made the standard.
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JF-17 with its armoury in Zhuhai Air show 2010.
Prominent weapons: KG-300G EW pod, C-802 AShM, SD-10A BVRAAM and PL-5E II SRAAM.
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JF-17 Thunder taking off with two MK-82
500 pound bombs. [ Exercise High Mark 2010]
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JF-17 Thunder taking off with a MK-84
2000lbs bomb. JF-17 can carry three of such bombs.[ Exercise High Mark 2010]
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JF-17 Thunder rear tail section.
Inset: the outward curved portion houses the Radar Warning Receiver (RWR).
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Pictures on newly built and un-makred Thunders. As of June 2012, 42 JF-17s have been inducted in PAF.
JF-17 Block-II will commence from mid - 2012 to 2016. |
Flight line of JF-17 Thunders at PAC Kamra.
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JF-17#101 in its special Pak-China color scheme.
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JF-17 simulator with glowing MFDs.
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JF-17 Thunder Integrated Control Panel (ICP)
and Heads Up Display (HUD). The information displayed on all these MFDs is interchangeable and pilot can easily switch information among them.
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JF-17 cockpit's right auxiliary control panel. It includes secondary voice communication panel, avionics power management, aircraft data storage and transfer management, cockpit lights management and HUD management options.
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JF-17’s stick with buttons for weapon release
(red one), missile override (top right), display management (top-left), countermeasures management (front bottom).
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Thunder#107 heads back to its shelter
after a training mission. |
JF-17#111 during Exercise High Mark 2010. |
[JF-17 Roll out ceremony - 23 Nov 2009] |
The Green Thunder (09-111) |
JF-17's glass cockpit with three
6X8 inch wide
Multi Functional Displays (MFD) |
Flight line of eight Thunders |
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Thunders during test and evaluation
flight in 2009. |
Thunder getting airborne. |
JF-17 Sr. no 07-101. |
Eight Thunders seen at T&E unit's tarmac
in August 2008. |
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Thunder formation taxiing out of T&E Sqn shelter at Minhas for an evaluation
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JF-17 making a touchdown after a
successful T&E flight.
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