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Is Azerbaijan buying Pakistani fighter jets?
Azerbaijan’s Air Force may be taking steps to fill a long-standing requirement for fighter aircraft. On February 22, Azernews reported that Azerbaijan’s Air Force inked a $1.6 billion deal with Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) for the purchase of JF-17 Block III combat aircraft, along with unspecified “ammunition.” The total quantity of jets was not reported, nor were other details, such as delivery schedule, provided.Neither government has publicly announced the deal, and the recent reports only refer to anonymous sources in Islamabad as disclosing the information, adding to a long list of similar thinly-sourced or vague reports over the years about the JF-17 negotiations. There was rumor that Azerbaijan would begin receiving the jets in 2019, but those deliveries never manifested. Thus while Azerbaijan has stocked its military in recent years with new unmanned aerial systems, missiles, and artillery, its requirement for new combat aircraft has stood open, even as it acquired Super Mushshak basic trainers from PAC.