China Flanker Thread II

[Air Force Brat]

Here are some pictures you will not see very often...if ever again. Since it has a flanker in it...I thought folks would like them here.

During Cope Taufan 14, which is an exercise in Malaysia, on June 18, 2014, a formation of U.S. Air Force and Royal Malaysian air force aircraft formed up and flew together.

Not too often you see an F-22 Raptor, an SU-30MKM, a Mig-29N, an F-15C, a F/A-18, and a BAE Hawk flying together now is it?

Feast your eyes:

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That Raptor is a big Chick, she da boss! A great size comparison between all these fighter aircraft, the Raptor is indeed the biggest and the baddest in the neighborhood.

Gives new meaning to "pecking order"!

 

[Jeff Head]

That Raptor is a big Chick, she da boss! A great size comparison between all these fighter aircraft, the Raptor is indeed the biggest and the baddest in the neighborhood.

Gives new meaning to "pecking order"!

That SU-30 is also a large aircraft.

 

[Air Force Brat]

That SU-30 is also a large aircraft.

Yes, Agile, Robust, and hauls a load, and looks like a million bucks in the process, if I were going to "clone" somebody's bird, this would be the one??? J-11 is a beautiful airplane, and probably lighter in the process.....

 

[asif iqbal]

J11BS

 

[Jeff Head]

J11BS

So interesting to see the various two seat versions.

SU-27UBK, J-11BS, SU-30s, J-16s, J-15s. Five of them. I will do a comparison of the aircraft with the same scale and same angle later...similar to what I did earlier on this thread, but with hopefully a little higher res photos..

 

[Blackstone]

J11BS

Are those WS-10A engines?

 

[Deino]

Are those WS-10A engines?

Yes ... but to admit I would be much more happy to see a photo in the same position in same size and quality of a serial J-15S !

Deino

 

[Jeff Head]

Well, let's try these on for size:

SU-27UBK

J-11BS

SU-30MK2

J-15S

J-16

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[Deino]

First of all a nice piece of work ... but I'm sorry, as a teacher I need to add two minor corrections !

SU-30MKK

J-15S

These two are not entirely correct ... the first is a Su-30MK2 to be correct and the second one is not the J-15S - to admit it would have been the best image so far - but I hope I'm correct a Su-30MKA (for Algeria). Just look at the wing-tip pylons, which are typical Russian-style (and not the deeper PL-8.types) and You can even see the long sting.

Deino

 

[Jeff Head]

First of all a nice piece of work ... but I'm sorry, as a teacher I need to add two minor corrections !

These two are not entirely correct ... the first is a Su-30MK2 to be correct and the second one is not the J-15S - to admit it would have been the best image so far - but I hope I'm correct a Su-30MKA (for Algeria). Just look at the wing-tip pylons, which are typical Russian-style (and not the deeper PL-8.types) and You can even see the long sting.

Deino

No problem...I can certainly change the notation on the SU-30MKK to SU-30MK2.

As to the J-15S. I guess somebody did a heck of a job of PSing the canards in there (which may be...I found the pic with a search for J-15S and it was on one of the Chinese military sites -

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). I do not think the SU-30MKA has canards. No? But the long sting certainly is there, and that nix'es it for sure.

Good catch.

Oh well...I was taken in.

I will have to revert to the best other one I have found to date:

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I will replace that earlier picture with that one, until I find something better.