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Jf-17 Thunder is a pretty impressive fighter jet when you take a look at it
Plus I have a lot of facts about the jf-17 block 3
So be sure to watch this video until the end to be caught up on all the facts
Ok, so let's get right into it
Now the first thing I want to share with you about the jf-17 Thunder is that it is a lightweight
single-engine multi-role combat aircraft
That has been manufactured by the joint efforts of the P AC which sent for the Pakistan
aeronautical complex and the CAC the Chengdu Aircraft Corporation of China
The aircraft has been named as jf-17. But what does that actually stand for?
Well j-f stands for joint fighter 17 based on the Pakistani version
But for its Chinese counterpart the fc-1 Jaa long
That's its name and it means fighter China one fierce dragon
Now the primary roles of the jf-17 Thunder are to be used for the following types of missions. It's used for aerial reconnaissance
Also ground attack as well as aircraft
Interception now it gets exciting because I wanted to do some facts about the jf-17 block 3
Because there is a lot of talk and a lot of interest around it, so
Development and production of the Pakistani aeronautical complex and the Chengdu aerospace
Corporation jf-17 block 3 multi-role fighter aircraft has begun but the aircraft is not finalized yet
Everybody is still waiting in
Anticipation the chief designer of the aircraft. His name is yang Wei and he announced this at a press conference in China
Yang Wei said that all related work is already being carried out and he also said and I quote the third block will see
the day of Seventeen's informa ties dwarf air capability and weapons
Upgraded the JAF block through fighter jets are expected to receive China's KL
J7a, active electronically scanned array or a ESA for short and this refers to its radar system
This is a huge news because this would make the Jai 17 block 3
the Pakistan Air Force's first AES a equipted fighter
Aircraft also the jf-17 blocked through aircraft features a new electronic warfare system upgraded avionics
including a three axis fly-by-wire digital flight control system
They'll also will have a helmet-mounted display and sight system with its new integrated sensor package
The aircraft will have the capability of quick information sharing and network enabled operations to detect enemy aircraft a lot
Sooner so how much of the jf-17 cost anyways, well it cost twenty five million dollars per unit
however
The block 3 per unit price is expected to go up to around 32 million
Due to the upgrade costs the Pakistani Air Force plans to obtain 50
Jf-17 of the upgrade of block 3 standard by the year
2024 so we still got a little ways to go
now the jf-17 block 1 and block 2 aircraft of which the
Pakistani Air Force operates about a hundred of them in total as of this year
2019 they've been fitted with an older klj 7 X band fire control radar
All three jf-17 variants are powered by the Chinese licensed build kill mob our D 93
Turbofan engine and the jf-17 has a combat radius of up to 1,200
Kilometers without refueling it could also hit a top speed of Mach 1.6, which is just under
2,000 kilometers per hour, so it's pretty quick but not as fast as some of the other
Aircraft in its league. The next thing is taking a look at the hardpoint
it has seven heart points in total for under the wing two on the wingtip and one under the fuselage the
Jf-17 is equipped with both ear to ear and air-to-surface missiles as well as 23 millimeters
GSH 23 twin barrel
Autocannon and the jf-17 thunder since its induction into the Pakistani Air Force has become the backbone of the Air Force it works
Great, like very well
side-by-side with the General Dynamics f-16 Fighting Falcon those aircraft really complement each other in warfare the
Limit of the aircraft really got started back in the year 1991 in China under the project name
fighter China Pakistan and China jointly started this program and they signed an MoU which means a Memorandum of
Understanding back in the year 1995 to manufacture it design of the aircraft was ready by the year 2001 and the first prototype was
completed in September of
2002 let's take a look at the cockpit
Now the cockpit of the jf-17 thunder is made of glass with a specially designed
canopy that comes with the following features three multifunction displays or MFD head-up display, which is
HUD
32-bit weapon
Mission management computer as well as a hand on throttle and stick now in between the MFD and the HUD
There are also the UFC P which means up front control panel
To reduce the fog that usually happens in humid subtropical and tropical
places
Now to give the pilot an all-around clear view
There's an acrylic canopy that covers the cockpit and the last thing I want to share with you is since year
2010 when the first fleet of jf-17 thunder z' were presented for
Active duty in the Pakistani Air Force the aircraft has since completed
19,000 operational flight hours and has been a great help to suppress and fight off enemies
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