Btw. how do we know how recent these images are? Maybe they are from the year before.
J-10 Thread IV
- Thread starter Jeff Head
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I don't even know what the big deal is. This type of "accumulations" happened before. Even beyond J-10, same thing happened with Y-20, too. Frankly, there is always at least 10-15 J-10s parked like this at *any* given moment. It can be as simple as paint shop cue.
Just check google earth pro time line...
Just check google earth pro time line...
Wall climber says that they did hit a snag with engine but the problem is resolved now and the planes have departed for their destinations.
I would love to know where?
Where the planes are going? I’m not sure they know for the J-10Cs. I highly doubt that Pakistan will be getting them. As I stated before China will need to iron out problems with WS-10 usage on a single engines fighter before thinking about export.
Out of interest, do you know how Scramble came up with their conclusions?
It seems like they don't have much experience PLA watching and aren't up to date with even moderately recent developments/consensuses.
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This is from a fairly authoritative source. He thinks the photo (of many J-10s) was taken sometime in December because the grass is turning brown. He also mentions that he visited Chengdu in November and didn't see that many planes there. He says that December is the time when manufacturers burns the midnight oil on deliveries so that it's not unusual to see many planes parked outside. This has nothing to do with engine problems. He also attached an image he took on his November visit (second image below) where not many planes were visible outside.
