China Flanker Thread II

[asif iqbal]

Second batch of J16 was built last year entered service this year

Batch 03 this year building service next year

So far probably high end 72 low end 48

 

[Hendrik_2000]

Poster pilot Bai Loong with his J 16
Chinese Air Force - Pilot Bailong: I drive a J-16 to wear clouds to fight the fog
2nd part is frontier guardsman a recurring leitmotiv in chinese media

 

[SpicySichuan]

Poster pilot Bai Loong with his J 16
Chinese Air Force - Pilot Bailong: I drive a J-16 to wear clouds to fight the fog
2nd part is frontier guardsman a recurring leitmotiv in chinese media

At 2:07, he said that "in 2018, I hope to fly to China's best 4th generation fighter aircraft." Thus, I guess he is currently a J-16 pilot only, but will likely be trained to fly the J-20 in the near future.

 

[SpicySichuan]

(0:57)
Bai Long Again! Now he is standing in front of a J-10B/C. This video strengthens my guess that his regiment is composed of a combination of J-16, J-20 and J-10B/C aircrafts. Sorry, has anyone mentioned this kind of experimental regiments before?

 

[Deino]

Allegedly a modified J-11B - some say J-11B+ - with PL-10-wing-tip-pylons fitted.

Deino

 

[KIENCHIN]

Allegedly a modified J-11B - some say J-11B+ - with PL-10-wing-tip-pylons fitted.

Deino

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Is this a new built or a J11B modified after refit.

 

[siegecrossbow]

Is this a new built or a J11B modified after refit.

They've reopened the production line for J-11B, so I assume that it is newly built.

 

[antiterror13]

They've reopened the production line for J-11B, so I assume that it is newly built.

Interesting that China reopened J-11B production line. Will it produce 1 regiment a year as well or with lower number?

What happened to J-11D production line?

 

[manqiangrexue]

I am also curious about this. What level avionics and radar will the new J-11B be using? I can't imagine they'd go back to producing J-11B like the first ones that came out which were wrecked by J-10B/C in BVR exercises. You'd also think that even if J-11D wasn't as big as an enhancement as they'd have liked, the PLAAF would still rather produce it anyway than go back to making the B variant.

 

[siegecrossbow]

I am also curious about this. What level avionics and radar will the new J-11B be using? I can't imagine they'd go back to producing J-11B like the first ones that came out which were wrecked by J-10B/C in BVR exercises. You'd also think that even if J-11D wasn't as big as an enhancement as they'd have liked, the PLAAF would still rather produce it anyway than go back to making the B variant.

Two weeks ago a Chinese academician responsible for radar development claimed that China is retrofitting J-10s and J-11s with AESA radars. However, the radar dome on this J-11 doesn't seem to be canted. I think it is probably still using old avionics and radar.