| GEO Pakistan | | First JF-17 fighter plane to roll out this month: CAS | Updated at: 0050 PST, Sunday, November 08, 2009
 BEIJING: The first state of the art JF-17 Thunder fighter plane produced in Kamra will roll out by the end of this month.
This was stated by Air Chief Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman, Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Pakistan Air force in an interview on Saturday.
“This will start a new era in Pak-China relationship, and aviation industry”, said CAS while talking to source.
Rao Qamar Suleman is currently here to attend the 60th anniversary of founding of PLAAF.
“Both China as well as PAF are attaching lot of importance to this project”, CAS Rao Qamar said.
The JF-17 fighter aircraft will help to replace the existing fleet of PAF comprising F-7, A-5 and all Mirage planes, he added.
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