During more than five minutes of aerobatics Monday afternoon, the JF-17 fighter has presented a series of impressive actions, winning attention and applause from many visitors. 

 

As an all-weather multiple-role light fighter, more than 50 JF-17 fighters have been delivered to PAF, Vice-president of AVIC Li Yuhai said at a joint³ press conference organized by AVIC and PAF after the aerobatics, adding that in China, this fighter is named "FC-1 Xiaolong", and in Pakistan, it is "JF-17 Thunder". The excellent flight performance of JF-17 fighter has won broad attention in many countries, Yang Ying, a high official of AVIC said, predicting that in next 10-15 years, between 200 and 300 JF-17 fighters would be sold globally. 

 

"We bring JF-17 fighter to Paris Air Show with strong confidence after having been well prepared," Yang said. 

 

The future JF-17 fighter will have more advanced capabilities⁴, such as air-to-air refueling, data link and electronic warfare⁵, and will be integrated with more new guided weapons. The dual-seat JF-17 trainer is also under development, AVIC revealed in its press release. 

 

Apart from JF-17 fighter jet, China's Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China has also presented its 158-174 seats narrow-body twin-engine civil aircraft.

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