(Luft) Chengdu Aircraft Industry JF-17 (FC-1)

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China, Pakistan Agree To Produce New Fighter Jets -FT

05-09-05 04:33 PM EST

NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Pakistan and China have agreed to start joint production of a new fighter aircraft intended as a replacement for the aging French and Chinese aircraft used by Pakistan's Air Force, the Financial Times reports in an article on its Web site Monday, citing a senior Pakistani airforce officer.

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The first four of the JF-17 "Thunder" aircraft would be delivered to Pakistan next year for trial flights, while the supply of a total of 150 aircraft would begin in 2007, said Air Vice Marshal Shahid Latif, director of the JF-17 project.

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Pakistan and China were planning to produce at least 400 JF-17 fighters, with the balance of 250 of them on order for China's airforce. Pakistani air force officials said that, under the agreement between their two countries, half the fighters would be produced on an assembly line in China while the other half would be made in Pakistan.
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