I have book at home in Shanghai. I will check it out when I get home in a few days.
Mine is the version published in October 2023
Chinese Trainer Aircraft (JL-8, JL-9, JL-10 (L-15), etc.)
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Mine is the version published in October 2023
I checked, and the book does mention that the FTC-2000G avionics system includes AESA.
TestFlight paint job in Yanliang.
JL-8 intermediate trainers have been retired from Air Force Shijiazhuang Flight Academy. The last batch of pilots trained on the JL-8 have just graduated. In the future, pilot cadets will fly lead-in trainers and service fighter aircraft.
That means only JL-9s and JL-10s remain as the transonic and supersonic jet-powered trainer aircrafts for the PLAAF and PLANAF.
In that case, does JL-9 count as a lead-in trainer?
How old are these airframes ? Can they sell some of them tho other countries ?JL-8 intermediate trainers have been retired from Air Force Shijiazhuang Flight Academy. The last batch of pilots trained on the JL-8 have just graduated. In the future, pilot cadets will fly lead-in trainers and service fighter aircraft.
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The JL-8 has been retired from the Shijiazhuang Flight Academy, not from entire service branches. This is probably down to a curriculum change at the academy.
There is what appears to be an unfinished JL-10J mockup stored at dockside next to carrier Fujian:
Could this be the first time that the JL-10J has been spotted in flight? Said to be photographed somewhere around Nantong. Posted by @琴石2022 on Weibo.
