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On 9 March 2017, Chinese media revealed that the J-20 had entered service in the Chinese Air Force, [3] [4] making China the second country in the world—after the United States—and the first in Asia to field an operational fifth-generation stealth aircraft. [16] Chinese National Defense Ministry confirmed the service status in September ...
Developing and producing the J-7M in 1984 was an important achievement as it was then China's most advanced light fighter aircraft. In 1985 the company established a quality assurance system for its military products and was exploring the development of civilian products such as light vehicles, motorcycles, dry cleaning machines, windows and ...
The following list of active People's Liberation Army aircraft is ... Chengdu J-20: China Air superiority fighter: J-20A/B/S 300 + [1] [3] Fifth-generation stealth ...
The other is the fifth-generation J-20 stealth combat aircraft, which was commissioned in 2016. The US has the F-22 Raptor and the F-35 Lightning II in this category of stealth fighter aircraft.
The aircraft was spotted flying around an airport owned by CAC and features a trijet tailless flying wing design. It was trailed by a Chengdu J-20S twin-seater stealth fighter as the chase plane. [5] [6] The aircraft was speculated as either a sixth-generation fighter prototype or the JH-XX stealth regional bomber. [7] [8] [9] [10]
Both J-35 variants are considerably smaller than China's other stealth aircraft, the land-based J-20 fighter. An estimated 200 J-20s are operational with the PLAAF.
The JH-XX is a supersonic, stealth, tactical bomber/fighter-bomber aircraft under development. JH-XX is the second stealth bomber of China confirmed in existence by the U.S. intelligence community, and the Pentagon speculates the fighter-bomber is capable of long-range strike and nuclear weapons delivery.
The WS-15 is intended to become the main engine of the Chengdu J-20 stealth aircraft, [2] enabling it to supercruise, improve its range, manoeuvrability and upgrade potential for future weapon systems. It will eventually replace the Shenyang WS-10, which currently serves as the interim engine of J-20, while the WS-15 is being refined.