🙂 Musharraf inaugurates JF-17 project
(Updated at 1600 PST)
KAMRA: President General Pervaiz Musharraf has inaugurated the production project of JF-17 thunder fighter jets in Aeronautical Complex here.
Some of the jets would expectedly hand over to Pakistan Air Force till December 2006.
Pakistan and China singed an agreement in 1999 for the production followed by the training of Pakistani engineers in China.
Under the project, fifty percent parts would be produce in Pakistan including airframes and avionics.
After the production of airframe and avionics, Pakistan would join the club of countries having expertise in airplane production.
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April 5, 2005 at 12:27 pm