my understanding is this aircraft is from an active brigade in STC, so has been in service for a well.
China Flanker Thread III (land based, exclude J-15)
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Is it a common loadout, to have one Pl-17, or was it for a parade/testing?
When you see blue (training round) that means the missile is already in service with the brigade.
yeah. last year missile color was white. blue means already in service. now guess the range of PL-17 ..
Since it is in fact the first time we see this AAM on an operational type, it is too early to say.
Last year? This image is from November 2016 and IMO most likely shows only a captive missile ...
So that means the PL-17 could've been in active service with the PLAAF for quite some time already, likely not a recent event... Wondering how's the status of PL-20 and PL-21 now?
My suspicion is it's probably been in service for at least a few years, but this is just one of the more clear pictures of it in service.
