lcloo
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Because it is an Air Force open day. Navy aircraft are excluded. 长春空军航空开放日。
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J-35A fighter (PLAAF) + FC-31 thread
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Yes, but it is not new, it was exhibited in the previous Zhuhai Air Show.
Essentially an Air Force Open Day, but this time it is held in with name of an air show, but it is still aimed at domestic rather than international audiences.
I mean it is not like J35A was there either, and it was officially in service at the parade.
lcloo
Major
Probably PLAAF have only a very small number of in-service J35A as at this moment and they need all of them to be with the training units.
Air force open days have lower priority than national level parades and airshows. Also absence are latest J20A and J20S.
Anshan doesn’t have training units. They are mixed with vanilla J-20.
Am I the only one noticing the darker cockpit tint? Is China using some different kind of stealth coating on the cockpit glass? I don't remember seeing it on the initial J-35 models, they looked a lot clearer.
Optical effect of the same coating under different lighting, especially angels of incoming light and viewing angels of the observer.
You can observe similar effect of high end SLR type camera lenses, they give colorful reflections from different viewing angels but have no coloring effect on sensors.
These two photos are taken from position where light is reflected off the canopy, where previous ones that we see are taken where light went through the canopy. It is similar to one-way mirror film that office windows use.
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