Corrections: JF17 never uses RD33 engine, earlier blocks uses RD93 engines and latest blocks using Guizhou WS-13 Taishan. JF17 is light weight whereas F16 is medium weight. In BVR missile range JF17 is superior to F16, PL15 range is 200-300 km whereas AIM-120D range is about 100 miles (160 km) or potentially up to 112 miles (180 km). So JF17 can lock F16 at least 20 km earlier then F16. Both fighter are equal and having some points here and there. JF17 block 3 Maximum Speed is Mach 2.0
Two different planes, JF 17 is light combat aircraft, designed for covering smaller area. Although, the latter versions of Thunder does have AESA radar, and long range BVR Missiles, this plane is of different category, but still has a decent air to air and air to ground capability, enough for a poor country, which cannot afford to be sanctioned during a conflict.
You become competent by learning how to fight with the weapons you have. Not the weapons you want in every way the F-16 is superior to the Jeff however, if politics and the supply of spare parts are a factor than the Jeff 17 is superior all day.
*CORRECTION:* *According to Pakistan Air Force Chief, after the false flag event of September 11, 2001 America along with its NATO allies invaded Afghanistan where they killed over three hundred thousand Afghans, over hundred thousand Pakistani, and stole natural resources of Afghanistan, such as, Lithium, Uranium, Gold, etc. During those days the corrupt, incompetent, and scary civil and military leadership of Pakistan fully cooperated with America and with its NATO allies, and China, India, and Russia also supported the NATO against Afghanistan and Pakistan due to their common hatred for the religion of Islam, So, as a return favor America allowed India to open up 17 consulate general offices throughout Afghanistan and to use those offices to fund and to support state sponsored terrorist attacks in Pakistan through groups called TTP and BLA. It took a while Pakistan to convince China that 9/11 was in fact a false flag event and it wasn't done by Afghanistan and Pakistan plus China and Russia as two veto power and as two sick men of Asia failed to challenge the biased American reports on 9/11 and they did not demand America to allow international investigation team to investigate 9/11 independently. During those days Pakistan only had American made F-16 fighter jets and American engineers have designed those aircraft in such a way that Pakistan couldn't fly those aircraft outside of Pakistan in case of attacks from India, NATO, Iran, etc. So, Pakistani Air Force decided to build its own fighter jet and for that purpose Pakistan did consultations with Chinese Air Force and very soon Pakistani Air Force learned that Chinese engineers were not smart enough to build an aircraft that is equal to American made F-16 fighter jets. So, Pakistani engineers did 67 percent work in making JF-17 Thunder and China, Russia, and Italy did the rest of 33 percent work. In JF-17 Thunder Russian made engines are used while the radar system was designed and made by Italy.*
dear its good to make a weapons channel but the time to comparing the basic characteristics is long gone. and if you do that without even the research of backgrounds, usage, operators and geo politics then it wont make any sense. I suggest you to read about the jf17 background. also about the US Pakistan relationships and f16 embargos. also research about the weapons now JF17 is having, its out matching f16 weapons in performance in all aspects.
