J-10 Thread IV

[antiterror13]

Deino, what the number (10631) means?

 

[A.Man]

Deino, what the number (10631) means?

1xx3x - 1xx1x = 0xx2x ------>2nd Air Force Division

Guangzhou MR, Guilin Base, Guangxi Region.

 

[Deino]

Yes, like A.Man explained. And even more important for me, since it confirms the 2. Division, which was long rumoured, however it also confirms, that not the 4. Regiment at Foshan (a J-8-unit) received the J-10B, but the 5. Regiment replacing the "older" J-10A models. Would be interesting to know, who then receives them !?

Deino

 

[antiterror13]

Yes, like A.Man explained. And even more important for me, since it confirms the 2. Division, which was long rumoured, however it also confirms, that not the 4. Regiment at Foshan (a J-8-unit) received the J-10B, but the 5. Regiment replacing the "older" J-10A models. Would be interesting to know, who then receives them !?

Deino

thanks Deino. Does the number tell you how many J-10B have been produced or operational?

 

[Deino]

No, the number tells us only, that it is the 2. Fighter Division, 5. Air Regiment and the 61 (alias number/digit 3 and 5) tells us it is actually the 11. Aircraft within that unit.

Deino

 

[plawolf]

Psed J-10B pic by baoxiuyuan of CJDBY, he says the J-10B intake is dying for a shark mouth. So.. he finds a shark paint online and add it to the J-10B.

View attachment 21676

The eyes need to be a lot more forwards, in front of the formation lights, just behind the radome perhaps.

As it is, it makes the J10 look like it has a massive nose or horn...Anyone wanna have a crack at a uniform paint scheme?

 

[tphuang]

it sure seems like a plaaf move to give the elite regiment the latest toys and then pass the older one to another regiment. It would be interesting to see where 5th regiment's J-10As end up.

 

[Totoro]

So, that's 9 j10a regiments in plaaf, 1 j10ah in planaf, 1 j10b regiment in plaaf and two non-regimental j10a units within plaaf? Am i counting it right?

 

[tphuang]

my guess is that there are probably at least 1 fully formed J-10b regiment + 1 fully formed brigade at FTTC and probably 2 other regiments that are getting formed and may have already received J-10s. The first batch should be enough to form the ones we know about.

 

[Deino]

it sure seems like a plaaf move to give the elite regiment the latest toys and then pass the older one to another regiment. It would be interesting to see where 5th regiment's J-10As end up.

21. Division !!! ... Is this confirmed ??? ... esp. since 2013 !!

In the PLAAF tread the 21. Division is mentioned ...