Since 2022, Pakistan Railway has been equipped with J-10CE fighters, which is an improved export version of China's J-10C fighter and is currently the most advanced fighter of the Pakistani Air Force. Before equipping the J-10CE fighter, Pakistan was already equipped with JF-17 Thunder fighters, in addition to F-16C/D fighters imported from the United States. The introduction of J-10CE fighters from China has directly changed the air situation in South Asia, the Indian Air Force has been equipped with Rafale fighters introduced from France, and Pakistan has introduced J-10CE fighters from China, so that the Indian Air Force has no longer gained advantages through Rafale fighters, so it has also greatly increased the confidence of the Pakistani Air Force.
After the Pakistani Railway was equipped with J-10CE fighters, it has repeatedly used J-10CE fighters to participate in joint military exercises, but only arrived in China to participate in China-Pakistan joint military exercises, and now the J-10CE fighters of the Pakistani Railway Air Force have flown to the Middle East and started joint military exercises with the Qatari Air Force. According to the news released by the Pakistan Air Force, the J-10CE fighter of the Pakistan Railway Air Force is a confrontation with the Typhoon fighter of the Qatar Air Force, which is the first time that the J-10CE fighter of the Pakistani Railway Air Force is "in the same frame" as the Typhoon fighter developed by four European countries, and it is also a wake-up call for India, because the Typhoon fighter equipped by the Qatari Air Force is a platform of the same level as the Rafale fighter of the Indian Air Force.
Typhoon fighter is a platform jointly developed by the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy and Spain, at present, European countries in addition to the development of the country's equipment, Austria is also equipped with Typhoon fighters, in addition to European countries, the main use of Typhoon fighters is in the Middle East, including Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait are equipped with Typhoon fighters. The Typhoon fighter and the French Rafale fighter were models developed at the same time, in fact, France initially joined the development project of the Eurofighter Typhoon, because Britain insisted on using the EJ2000 turbofan engine and did not agree to use the M88 turbofan engine developed in France, which led to France's withdrawal from the development project of the Eurofighter Typhoon, and France began the development of the Rafale fighter.
The Typhoon fighter and the Rafale fighter, as well as the J-10CE fighter of the Pakistani Railway Air Force, all use the canard aerodynamic layout, in fact, in the development of the Typhoon and Rafale fighters, the JAS-39 Gripen fighter developed by Sweden at the same time also adopts the canard aerodynamic layout. There are similarities between the weapons used by the Eurofighter Typhoon and the French Rafale fighter, because when the Pakistani Railway fights the Typhoon fighter of the Qatar Air Force, it can understand the corresponding weapons and equipment, which will break India's glass heart. Pakistan has previously used J-10CE fighter jets and a variety of Western fighter jets in confrontation exercises, including Saudi F-15SA fighter jets.
The Pakistani Air Force dared to show its sword in the Middle East, and before that, the Iron Air Force had used JF-17 Thunder fighters to fly to the Middle East to participate in various joint military exercises, and after equipping it with J-10CE fighters, the strength of the Iron Air Force was greatly increased, so it had more confidence. Compared with the Pakistani Railway Air Force, the frequency of the Indian Air Force going out to participate in military exercises is not high, and the Indian Air Force will only use Su-30MKI fighters to Japan to participate in joint military exercises in 2023, so there is still a big gap compared with Pakistan Railway.