J-20 5th Gen Fighter Thread VIII

[latenlazy]

Those official AVIC models aren't even that well made. Both of mine broke in a few delicate places.

Definitely need to know the right people to get autographs. I'll have them for dinner next time I'm in Chengdu and ask for one.

Can you get the WS-15 thrust numbers while you’re at it kthnx ^-^

 

[tphuang]

Can you get the WS-15 thrust numbers while you’re at it kthnx ^-^

you are so greedy. We don't really need fellow SDF members getting tea time.

 

[latenlazy]

you are so greedy. We don't really need fellow SDF members getting tea time.

I have waited years and he probably already knows

 

[PiSigma]

I have waited years and he probably already knows

I don't know. Even if I did I'm not posting on the internet.

 

[latenlazy]

I don't know. Even if I did I'm not posting on the internet.

Yeah I know. I’m just being a beggar. It’s my schtick now. Praying for this year’s Zhuhai to release me from this agony.

 

[Blitzo]

Excerpt of J-20 from Cui Huo documentary showing how it uses data link with AWAC (KJ-500) to detect and engage enemy fifth generation fighter (three J-20s) in an exercise and used mid-air refueling to extend mission duration and shoot down an enemy AWAC asset before it could escape.

While the scenario is likely real, I suspect the video are compilations of separate clips/events.

The part where they engage simulated opfor with datalink from AEW&C is also not very clear -- needless to say, being cued to a target by a friendly AEW&C through datalinking is one thing, but having the AEW&C able to provide targeting data through datalink to the J-20's weapons itself is another (the latter being a capability which we've suspected is in place for years, for missiles like PL-15 and PL-17 etc).


That said it's unrealistic to expect that kind of information to be provided clearly through official sources anyhow.

 

[siegecrossbow]

While the scenario is likely real, I suspect the video are compilations of separate clips/events.

The part where they engage simulated opfor with datalink from AEW&C is also not very clear -- needless to say, being cued to a target by a friendly AEW&C through datalinking is one thing, but having the AEW&C able to provide targeting data through datalink to the J-20's weapons itself is another (the latter being a capability which we've suspected is in place for years, for missiles like PL-15 and PL-17 etc).


That said it's unrealistic to expect that kind of information to be provided clearly through official sources anyhow.

There are definitely clips from other exercises and maybe even air shows. I don’t think that during the actual exercise depicted the aircraft used were rocking luneburg lens for instance.

 

[ACuriousPLAFan]

An unknown brigade in the NTC has received J-20s. Posted by @齐天的孙猴子 on Weibo.



Together are 3 photos of the J-10s, presumably belonging to the same brigade. See if anyone can figure out the exact brigade from the photos.

 

[Kalec]

An unknown brigade in the NTC has received J-20s. Posted by @齐天的孙猴子 on Weibo.

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Together are 3 photos of the J-10s, presumably belonging to the same brigade. See if anyone can figure out the exact brigade from the photos.

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2nd Air Brigade in Chifeng, previously J-10C

 

[Deino]

2nd Air Brigade in Chifeng, previously J-10C

That‘s my guess too