J-20 5th Gen Fighter Thread VIII

ENTED64

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Note that the 2nd AB used to fly J-10Cs, a type which AFAIK has been out of domestic production since ~2022. Yet, in late 2024 we saw that the 44th AB had transitioned to the J-10C. As such, I'd suggest that the 44th AB's new J-10Cs are in fact the 2nd AB's former J-10Cs, transferred after the latter unit received new-built J-20s some time last year.
It's hard to say how much is being produced and if it is out of domestic production because of PLA OPSEC but from what I gather from what @Deino has said J-10C is still in production just very low volumes. Perhaps that has changed in the last year or something but it's hard to know.
 

Hitomi

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I've been hearing good and bad news. Good news is that J-20A is going to enter service with combat units in numbers before the year is over. The bad news is that we may have another J-11B situation on our hands...
They are entering service with WS-10Cs instead of the intended WS-15s?
 

sequ

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I've been hearing good and bad news. Good news is that J-20A is going to enter service with combat units in numbers before the year is over. The bad news is that we may have another J-11B situation on our hands...
There are rumors J-20A with WS-15 has been grounded like the J-11B in the early days?
 
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