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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.
Pair of tailless jets seen flying over Chengdu city in southwest Sichuan province may be sixth-gen aircraft. ... In May 2024, the military said its J-20 stealth fighter jet, also known as the ...
J-20: Chengdu: Active 208+ Stealth air superiority fighter: J-20A-First production variant of the J-20 J-20B-Improved J-20 variant with thrust-vectoring control (TVC) engines. J-20S-The twin-seat variant of J-20, the co-pilot is presumed to coordinate attacks and reconnaissance missions with UCAVs. J-35: Shenyang: Active Stealth multirole ...
A J-20 with one visible PL-10 on the side of the weapons bay. ... NATO reporting name: ... It was observed mounting on a PLAAF Chengdu J-20 in 2015. [8]
The planes were soaring high in Chengdu, Sichuan, China on Dec. 26, which is notably the birthday of the founding father of the People's Republic of China, Mao Zedong.
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.