Another image of the new low-visibility markings. They are indeed barely visible.
Can you read the number?
J-10 Thread IV
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Can you read the number?
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Not at all. They've certainly accomplished their mission with the new low-visibility scheme.
Interesting that they're painting J-10Bs with the new markings.
No, and stop trying!
You are funny... so you are still convinced I'm that evil German spy?
Honestly, you are overrating me ... anyway it looks a bit like 661xx and as such could nicely fit to 6617x from the 67th Air Brigade.
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All I see are dust prints and coffee stains on my screen... Even with the image zoomed inYou are funny... so you are still convinced I'm that evil German spy?
Honestly, you are overrating me ... anyway it looks a bit like 661xx and as such could nicely fit to 6617x from the 67th Air Brigade.
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2nd digit definitely seems more like an 8. 68117?
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Good point, but from all we know, the J-10B is only operated by the 5th (61x6x), 61st (67x2x) and 56th Air Brigades (66x7x) and the 170th FTTB (78x1x).
As such I think 68x1x would be 70th Air Brigade which operates J-10A ... but maybe you are on to something new?
I can't speak for Deino. But China had and still has a load of J-7 single engine fighters to replace in its fleet. The single engine J-10 is much cheaper to build than a double engine aircraft. It should have same or better performance than F-16 which equips most of the fleets of the countries around China which are aligned with USA. Just consider Taiwan their best aircraft is the F-16. Japan has more than a few F-2 fighters in its fleet which are basically a 4+ Generation F-16 with a slightly larger wing. South Korea also has large numbers of F-16s.
So China has opted for a high-low mix of single engine J-10 constituting the bulk of its air defense fleet with the double engine aircraft based on the Flanker or the J-20 being used for more demanding scenarios.