The first shipment of Chinese Guizhou FTC-2000G Mountain Eagle fighter jets may have been delivered to the Myanmar Air Force, according in reports in both local and international media.
The delivery has not been officially announced. However, according to Myanmari oppositional news website The Irrawaddy which referred to observers close to the matter, the aircraft reached Myanmar during November 2022.
Defense publication Janes has reported that ‘regional intelligence sources’ have confirmed the delivery.
The FTC-2000Gs are reportedly to be based at Namsang, in the southern part of northeastern Shan State, and will gradually replace the Sino-Pakistan-produced K-8 ‘Karakorum’ trainer/light attack jets. In the MAF inventory, since the late 1990s, the ageing K-8s have continued to fly combat missions this year notably in the southern Shan-northern Kayah state zone of operations, which has seen heavy and repeated hostilities between the Myanmar Army and opposition forces.
Source: https://www.janes.com/defence-news/myanmar-air-force-inducts-new-ftc-2000gs
