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When the system began the names were assigned by the Air Standardization Coordinating Committee (ASCC), made up of the English-speaking allies of the Second World War, the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and two non-NATO countries, Australia and New Zealand. The ASCC names were adopted by the U.S. Department of Defense and then NATO.
The Chengdu J-20 (Chinese: 歼-20; pinyin: Jiān-Èrlíng), also known as Mighty Dragon (Chinese: 威龙; pinyin: Wēilóng, [8] [9] [10] NATO reporting name: Fagin), [11] is a twin-engine all-weather stealth [12] fighter developed by China's Chengdu Aircraft Corporation for the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF). [5]
Shenyang J-6, Chinese variant of the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19. Chengdu J-7, Chinese variant of the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21. Production was moved to Chengdu in the 1970s. [citation needed] Shenyang J-8, Indigenously developed 3rd generation fighter aircraft. NATO reporting name Finback. Shenyang J-11, Chinese variant of the Russian Sukhoi Su-27.
The Y-20 prototypes were powered by four 12-ton thrust Soloviev D-30KP-2 engines, [1] [19] and the aircraft entered production in 2016 with those engines. [13] However, there had always been plans to develop Chinese alternatives. Testing with the Chengdu WS-18 engine (Chinese reverse engineered copy of imported D-30KP-2) may have occurred by ...
J-8IIM: 98 [1] Phasing out of Service. [2] Chengdu J-10: China Multirole fighter: 588 [1] J-10A: 236 [1] J-10S: 77 [1] J-10B: 55 [1] J-10C: 220 [1] Shenyang J-11: China Soviet Union Air superiority fighter: 442 [1] License built Sukhoi Su-27 variant. J-11: [1] J-11B/BS: [1] Shenyang J-16: China Multirole strike fighter: 350 [1] Chengdu J-20 ...
Chengdu Aerospace designed and now produces the Chengdu J-10 light-weight multi-role fighter and Chengdu J-20 fifth-generation jet fighter, that are considered to be two of the most advanced weapons in China's inventory, as well as the CAC/PAC FC-1 Xiaolong very light-weight multi-role fighter that is produced in cooperation with Pakistan.
Fighter aircraft are military aircraft primarily designed for air-to-air combat.This list does not aim to include attack aircraft primarily intended for different roles, where they have some secondary air-to-air capability.
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