Chengdu FC-1/JF-17 Thunder

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Single seat multi-role single turbojet attack aircraft. Including two seat trainer variant JF-17B.

Lift type

Fixed wing

Assembly

Factory-built

Control

Piloted

Engine type

Turbofan

Application

Attack

Design & construction

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Airframe & structure

Primary structure

Aluminium

Landing gear

Retractable tricycle

Pressurisation

Pressurised

Systems & avionics

Flight controls

Full FBW digital

Autopilot

3-axis

Avionics architecture

Integrated glass suite

Environmental control

Engine-bleed air-cycle

Configuration & certification

Wing position

Mid

Tail

Conventional

continued

Certification

Military

Minimum crew

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Type variants

Variant	Launch / first flight	Production end	Notes
CAC/PAC JF-17 Thunder	2002 / 2003		Chengdu Aircraft Corporation/Pakistan Aeronautical Complex variant.
CAC/PAC JF-17B	2013 / 2017		Two-seater variant, with multimission capability.

Airframer

Pakistan Aeronautical Complex Aircraft Manufacturing Factory	News
Chengdu Aircraft Industrial (Group) Co. Ltd.	News

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