Bangladesh Air Force (baf)

bangladesh said:

as far as i know i read articles saying BAF will get 12 FC1, another said we have already place an oder for FC1

good to see FC1 and JF17 in our air force in future

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lols....JF-17 & FC-1 are same AirCrafts. FC-1 is Chinese version & is for PLAAF only. JF-17 is Pakistani version but the export version also has been awarded the same name.

bangladesh said:

well 12 is the starting but we could buy and there are certain rumors that BAF will replace all the F7's with JF17-FC1 , up to 50 to 100 ac as BAF is under moderizaton program will take a long time

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12 is reasonable...since BAF JF-17s will be produced at PAC,Kamra it seems it will have to be arround that number. Kamra's 1st priority is to Produce 150 JF-17s for PAF. CAC is busy with its 200 FC-1s & an order from Algeria which seems to have been approaved.

I think 50 would be enough, 100 seems quite alot but than I think Pak & China would be happy to export that much.

If Pakistan (& Italy) allow Griffo-M to be installed on BAF's JF-17 than 50 of them is very good, they'll have a good range. But I doubt any BVR missile from either China or Pak would be allowed. not atleast early on.

BAF should be commissioned to PAF by the end of 2006 n early 2007 for 1st hand training on JF-17s.

Bangladesh Air Guard may not buy anything at all.