FC-1 fighter (English: Chengdu FC-1/JF-17 fighter aircraft; Chinese nickname: fierce dragon; Pakistan code: JF-17, nickname: Thunder, translation: lightning; At the initial stage of research and development, it was jointly invested by China and Pakistan in the late 1990s, Chengdu aircraft Industry (Group) Co., Ltd., Chengdu aircraft Design and Research Institute, China Aviation Technology Import and Export Corporation and other units jointly developed by China Aviation Industry Corporation. Pakistan Air Force participated in the development of a single-engine, single-seat, all-weather multi-purpose fighter. The FC-1 fighter has outstanding low-altitude and high-subsonic mobile combat capability, good interception and ground-to-ground attack capability, large range, air retention time and combat radius, excellent short-range take-off and landing characteristics and strong weapon mounting capability. The FC-1 fighter plane (JF-17) is the first time that China has authorized overseas production by means of the export of complete aircraft technology. it has been equipped with the Pakistan Air Force in bulk and is intended to be purchased by many countries. Chinese name FC-1 fierce Dragon Fighter English name Chengdu FC-1/JF-17 Thunder fighter aircraft pre-type / stage J-7 Development time 1998-2004 Service time January 2007