12.03.2022, 15:14
Zitat:Pakistan receives first J-10 fighters from Chinahttps://www.janes.com/defence-news/defen...from-china
Pakistan has formally received its first Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group (CAIG) J-10 multirole combat aircraft from China, with an induction ceremony held on 11 March.
The ceremony held at Minhas Air Base was attended by the Pakistan Prime Minister, Imran Khan, as well as the Chief of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF), the Chinese Ambassador, and other senior dignitaries. [...]
Footage of the event showed the PAF to have received the first six of as many as 36 J-10 aircraft (the precise number has not been officially disclosed), with national media reporting that No 15 Squadron is introducing the type into operational service. The J-10 is named Meng Long (Vigorous Dragon) in China, and has been unofficially assigned the NATO reporting name‘Firebird'. The PAF has not yet announced its name for the type.
Schneemann