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Deino

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Hardened aircraft shelters.

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Any idea where this is?
 

Tomboy

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This can't be correct, the J16/J10 numbers? Thoughts?

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I'm pretty sure barely any if any at all J-10Cs are being built for the PLAAF these days, J-16 production was reported to be ~50 aircraft per year back then but with SAC working on the J-35 it could've decreased by now. J-20 acquisition seems about right as product was rumored to be around 100 but they did not include J-35A orders.
 
This can't be correct, the J16/J10 numbers? Thoughts?

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When I first joined this forum, I often encountered articles ridiculing the PLAAF's pilot training consisting of a measly 110hr/yr while touting how USAF's pilots, with their 180hr/yr were far superior and would crush their Chinese counterparts in battle.

Of course, the current cope is that commie pilots only perform rote practice and are only capable of following orders while freedom-loving American pilots train under real battlefield conditions and are able to take the initiative and innovate to come up with superior tactics to beat the commies. And having to rely on more simulator training to make up for less flight hours is now suddenly a feature, not a bug.
 
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