A three ship formation of JF-17 Thunders landed at an operational Pakistan Air Force (PAF) air base on Monday after participating in the Zhuhai Air Show (China).
A PAF statement revealed that the JF-17 Thunders had participated in the static as well as the aerobatic segment of the air show.
The Thunders had flown more than 3,000 nautical miles (5500 kilometres) and crossed the snow-covered Himalayas en-route to Pakistan.
The Zhuhai Air Show in China attracted thousands of visitors from across the globe and the JF-17 Thunder remained the ‘Star of the Show’ yet again. PAF along with CATIC jointly won the coveted ‘Aerospace Laureate Award 2012’ for working together on a successful aircraft development and production programme.
This is the second time PAF has participated in the Zhuhai Air Show.
JF-17 Thunders have taken part in the Farnborough Air Show, UK (June 2010), Zhuhai Air Show, China (Nov 2010), Turkish Air Show (Hundred years celebration of Turkish Air Force) at Izmir, Turkey (May 2011) and Dubai Air Show, UAE (Nov 2011).
Best advance in technology and with WS13 to follow. Thank God for clever people of China and Pakistan.
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