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 "name": "PAC JF-17 Thunder Block III",
 "manufacturer": "PAC and CAC",
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  "first_flight": 2003,
  "in_service": 2007,
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 "wikipedia": {
  "title": "CAC/PAC JF-17 Thunder",
  "summary": "The CAC/PAC JF-17 Thunder, also known as FC-1 Xiaolong, is a Sino-Pakistani single-engine lightweight supersonic multirole combat aircraft developed jointly by the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) and the Chengdu Aircraft Corporation (CAC) of China. It is a fourth-generation fighter, designed and developed as a replacement for the third-generation A-5C, F-7P/PG, Mirage III, and Mirage 5 combat aircraft in the Pakistan Air Force (PAF). The JF-17 can be used for multiple roles, including interception, ground attack, anti-ship, and aerial reconnaissance. The Pakistani designation \"JF-17\" stands for \"Joint Fighter-17\", with the \"Joint Fighter\" denoting the joint Pakistani-Chinese development of the aircraft and the \"-17\" denoting that, in the PAF's vision, it is the successor to the F-16. The Chinese designation \"FC-1\" stands for \"Fighter China-1\".",
  "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAC%2FPAC_JF-17_Thunder",
  "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
  "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/",
  "retrieved": "2026-10-11"
 },
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  "drawings": "CC BY 4.0",
  "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "attribution": "Drawing of the PAC JF-17 Thunder Block III by AirwayControl Aircraft Library (https://aircraft.intelsystems.ai/aircraft/FC1/), CC BY 4.0"
 },
 "source": "AirwayControl Aircraft Library",
 "updated": "2026-10-11"
}