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There have been eyewitness reports of J-20 sightings near Anshan, but no photos so far.
J-20 5th Generation Fighter VII
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There have been eyewitness reports of J-20 sightings near Anshan, but no photos so far.
What are the odds that j20 units will operate with different number of airframes than j11 units, for example? Perhaps a final, full unit of j10 will operate 18 planes. Or 20. Or 24?
As production rate rises, it is plausible training units would have to get more planes.
Thus the two non first line units might have 6 or 12 or even 24 planes, depending on their use.
And of course front line units will likely have at least 12 ( If they are mixes type units) and plausibly 18-24 planes when they've completely transitioned to j-20.
We might be looking at close to 50 airframes right now, even with the second front line unit just starting transitioning. But by the end of the year 50 of airframes would constitute a very low and conservative projection.
As production rate rises, it is plausible training units would have to get more planes.
Thus the two non first line units might have 6 or 12 or even 24 planes, depending on their use.
And of course front line units will likely have at least 12 ( If they are mixes type units) and plausibly 18-24 planes when they've completely transitioned to j-20.
We might be looking at close to 50 airframes right now, even with the second front line unit just starting transitioning. But by the end of the year 50 of airframes would constitute a very low and conservative projection.
I wonder if they will retire the J-8s from Anshan once all the J-20s have been delivered.
I think the j-8 there were mostly j-8f? which is
reconnaissance aircraft, and mostly likely it might just replace some j11b
I doubt that they would retire J-11B when they haven't retired Su-27 yet.
Probably not retired, just dump to some other unit still using j-7, XDD
This was posted here last year I believe.
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