Two-seat JF-17B progresses

Asia Pacific As well as the two-seat cockpit, the JF-17B has a larger tail and a modified nose to house the AESA radar. Alan Warnes WITH THE JF-17B Thunder due to fly within the next couple of months, a model of the FC-1B (China’s local designation) was displayed on the China National Aero-Technology Import and Export Corporation (CATIC) stand at February’s IDEX show (see also Intel Report, p32-35). There are currently three dual-seaters being built by Chengdu Aircraft Corporation –