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I won't tell you the superior story, but you and we know why JF-17 was hurried into PAF without a formal induction clearance. The Pakistanis have been taking your guarantees after all the basic tests. Please note that PAF still uses F-16s and Mirage Vs for active patrols along with your supplied F-7s. JF-17 is yet t go on active sorties for patrolling.The JF17 is operational, going on active patriols, with all these weapons intergrated.
The problem here is that neither you nor Pakistanis know what is going on in reality with the JF-17 other than the handover that CAC gave to PAF. Why? Because you don't operate it as of yet and Pakistani military doesn't tell anything to its public other than periodic ceremonial announcements.
So leaving aside superior inferior word war, I would suggest you to keep a track of present situation and cite them while putting down your active service claims. Tejas is here for all to see as transparent as any program. At least we know what is actually happening with the aircraft.
By your definition, even IAF is actively operating Tejas since the last of tests aka weapons integration tests were over around 10 months back.
