China Flanker Thread III (land based, exclude J-15)

[antiterror13]

Sorry ... there was a typo in it: All but the third is IMO 24, the Batch 03 is IMO 30-32 so in sum my estimate still the same.

@Deino please educate me/us of why PLAAF have different number of aircrafts per batch? what is the main reason?

 

[FirebirdFan]

Naval Aviation University winter 2025 training commences.

Cool to see more and more of the J-11BH fleet transitioning to low vis scheme.

 

[Deino]

@Deino please educate me/us of why PLAAF have different number of aircrafts per batch? what is the main reason?

I think this is per demand on what the PLAAF orders or a certain type according to a certain standard. But that's just a guess ... in case the J-10B/C it is similar: the first batch (B) had almost 56, the first C-batch (aka Batch 02) had even more - 0275 is the highest known - and from then on they had 40-20 ...