In recent years, India is constantly increasing the purchase of weapons and equipment, trying to challenge Pakistan and China through the purchase of a large number of weapons and equipment, at the just-concluded Bahrain air show, Pakistan sent three JF17 Thunder Dragon fighters to Bahrain to participate in the air show, and JF17 Thunder Dragon fighters went to Bahrain to participate in the air show after the return process, JF17 Thunder Dragon fighters rarely cooperate with the Il-78 air tanker over the high seas. The aerial refueling capability of the JF17 Thunder Dragon fighter was demonstrated. JF17 Thunderbolt fighter is a fighter jointly developed by China and Pakistan, while the Il-78 air tanker is a Russian-made air tanker, but as long as the air refueling ports of the two can correspond, then the Russian-made air tanker can also complete the fuel supply for the JF17 Thunderbolt fighter.
Pakistan now high-profile shows that the JF17 Thunder Dragon fighter aerial refueling purpose over the high seas is quite clear, that is, in India, once the JF17 Thunder Dragon fighter has this air refueling capability, it also means that it can perform more long-range missions in the far sea, and even the Thunder Dragon fighter can reduce the carrying of the drop tank, and the point where the original drop tank is mounted is used to mount weapons and equipment, so that the single strike efficiency of the Thunder Dragon fighter will also be greatly improved.
Today's Pakistan in addition to having JF17 Thunder Dragon fighters, there are a lot of J-10CE fighters, according to Pakistan's own public information, in addition to the first batch of J-10CE fighters, Pakistan's subsequent acquisition of J-10CE fighters in the livery is also unique, because the J-10CE fighter rarely uses camouflage paint, and this camouflage paint is also conducive to the J-10CE fighter to better complete the ground strike mission, With Pakistan's JF17 Thunder Dragon fighter and J-10CE fighter, the demand for aerial tankers is also increasing.
It is obviously not suitable to continue to purchase the Il-78 air tanker from Russia, because the platform carrier of the Il-78 air tanker is the Il-76 transport aircraft, such a platform is quite old, and the current China has shown the powerful Y-20 air tanker, the war research believes that the Y-20 air tanker can also become another choice for the Pakistani railway.
Pakistan is currently constantly integrating into China's weapons and equipment system, and in the process of integrating into China's weapons and equipment system, Pakistan can buy more equipment from China, in addition to the fuel for the J-10CE fighter and the Thunder Dragon fighter, in the future, Pakistan will buy more high-tech aircraft from China, and then it can also complete the fuel supply for a large number of high-tech aircraft. At the 2022 Zhuhai Air Show, Continental has already displayed the Yingyou 20A aerial tanker. But the current Ying 20 air tanker is named Destiny Oil 20A air tanker, which also means that it is very likely to be born in the future for a period of time, and the outside world has been speculating that the Ying 20B air tanker and the Y-20B transport aircraft are models that have completed engine replacement, which also means that the turbofan 20 engine is likely to be loaded on the new generation of transport aircraft and air refueling aircraft. Text/Iris