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In 2014, David Bignell writing for Air Power Australia said that contrary to the F-35 theft accusation, the FC-31 was modelled on the F-22. [112] In 2012, Vladimir Barkovsky of Russian Aircraft Corporation MiG said that while the FC-31 incorporated features from the F-35, the plane's overall design is "not a copy but a well done indigenous design."
According to Chinese military analysts, this was a response to increasing numbers of F-35 fighters deployed by the United States in the Asia-Pacific. [177] [178] In 2023, the reported number of J-20s exceeded the 187 F-22 airframes. IISS reported that more than 200 aircraft were produced by the end of 2023. [179]
The Lockheed Martin/Boeing F-22 Raptor is an American twin-engine, all-weather, supersonic stealth fighter aircraft.As a product of the United States Air Force's Advanced Tactical Fighter (ATF) program, the aircraft was designed as an air superiority fighter, but also incorporates ground attack, electronic warfare, and signals intelligence capabilities.
China was the Su-27's first export customer. [4] China turned to the Soviet Union for weapons following the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and the resulting Western arms embargo. China selected the Su-27 over the Mikoyan MiG-29. Three orders were made in the 1990s, and the deliveries of 36 Su-27SKs and 42 Su-27UBKs started in 1992 and continued ...
The F-22 is considered the top US air superiority fighter, known for stealth, speed, and agility. F-22 pilot Maj. Samuel Larson captivates audiences with daring displays in the fifth-gen fighter.
Copy of Yakovlev Yak-18, retired CJ-6. Nanchang: Basic propeller trainer CJ-7. Hongdu/Yakolev: Jointly developed by China and Russia JJ-1 [1] Shenyang: Basic jet trainer, cancelled (a.k.a. 红专-503, Hong Zhuan-503, "Red Special") [2] [better source needed] JJ-2. Shenyang: Trainer version of J-2 JJ-5. Shenyang: Trainer version of J-5 JJ-6 ...
The Chengdu J-7 (Chinese: 歼-7; third generation export version F-7; NATO reporting name: Fishcan [1]) is a Chinese fighter aircraft. It is a license-built version of the Soviet Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 , and thus shares many similarities with that aircraft. [ 2 ]
The Chinese assert J-10's features claimed to be from the Lavi are from the manufacturer's own previous aircraft design, for example attributing the J-10's Lavi-like double canard configuration to Chengdu's work on the cancelled J-9 [8] of the 1960s and 1970s; [9] this view is supported by Song Wencong, [21] who worked on the J-9 and became the ...