J-10 Thread IV

[siegecrossbow]

For real?

From official CCTV military Weibo. What do you think?

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[Deino]

High def in service photo of WS-10 J-10C!!!

@Deino Time to break out your microscope cause I can’t see the serial.

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Me neither and it seems deliberately psed again! Anyway a great image

 

[siegecrossbow]

Me neither and it seems deliberately psed again! Anyway a great image

Huitong is fast... But he likewise was frustrated by the lack of serials.

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The latest image (May 2021) indicated that

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powered by the WS-10B turbofan engine has entered the service with PLAAF Cangzhou Flight Training Base (S/N 78x1x?).

 

[Deino]

Huitong is fast... But he likewise was frustrated by the lack of serials.

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But why "has entered the service with PLAAF Cangzhou Flight Training Base (S/N 78x1x?)"? By the info I read, the first ones were seen around Shantou area.

@huitong

 

[siegecrossbow]

But why "has entered the service with PLAAF Cangzhou Flight Training Base (S/N 78x1x?)"? By the info I read, the first ones were seen around Shantou area.

@huitong

Does Shantou also operate the J-10S? In the series of photos published by CCTV, there was a J-10S spotted along with two J-10Cs.

 

[Deino]

Does Shantou also operate the J-10S? In the series of photos published by CCTV, there was a J-10S spotted along with two J-10Cs.

So far it is not clear. By my estimation - actually my stomach tells me this - it is the 25th at Shantou/Waisha and yes, this unit allegedly also uses J-10AS.
So IMO it would fit, however all J-10 unit has a few J-10AS ... @huitong suggests this unit as the 170th Air Brigade at PLAAF Cangzhou Flight Training Base, but I don't known.

 

[Atomicfrog]

High def in service photo of WS-10 J-10C!!!

@Deino Time to break out your microscope cause I can’t see the serial.

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With rocket pods... it's near blasphemy lol !

 

[voyager1]

The story has been picked up by the media

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China does not routinely publicize such milestones, although Andreas Rupprecht, who has authored several books on Chinese military aviation, believes a Shantou-based PLAAF brigade was the first to receive the aircraft.

@Deino has also been mentioned!

 

[siegecrossbow]

The story has been picked up by the media

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@Deino has also been mentioned!

Mike Yao follows Deino on Twitter. No surprise there.

 

[huitong]

But why "has entered the service with PLAAF Cangzhou Flight Training Base (S/N 78x1x?)"? By the info I read, the first ones were seen around Shantou area.

@huitong

From the caption of the image: 近日，空军某飞行训练基地某团组织数架战机携带火箭弹、航炮等多种弹药，对两个靶场目标进行攻击。
BTW, the landscape definitely does not look like southern China.