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Pakistan pilots test Thunder aircraft

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

Islamabad, April 9, IRNA - Pakistan Air Force pilots on Friday tested 
the JF-17 Thunder aircraft. 
Two PAF pilots tested the single-seat JF-17 Thunder prototype-1 
aircraft for the first time, state PTV reported. 
The test pilots flew two sorties of 30 minutes each in the skies 
of Chengdu, the capital city of Sichuan province of China, evaluating 
the flight performance of the aircraft in different phases of flight. 
PAF pilots will from now participate in the test-flights of JF-17 
aircraft alongside their Chinese counterparts to complete the flight 
test and evaluation phase of JF-17 aircraft, the report said. 
Thunder will be jointly-manufactured for PAF following its test 
flights. 
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