J-20 5th Gen Fighter Thread VIII

[Blitzo]

I've been hearing claims lately about a J-20 traversing the tsushima strait without being detected. How credible is this?

It was based on incomplete/inaccurate interpretation of an obscure social media post from the PLA.

We have no evidence of a J-20 ever traversing the tsushima strait, let alone whether it was detected or not.

 

[manqiangrexue]

I've been hearing claims lately about a J-20 traversing the tsushima strait without being detected. How credible is this?

China's not India/Iran. We wouldn't brag about something like that or make it public even if it did happen.

 

[BillRamengod]

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[CR400BF5033]

J-15 (original) tangle with F-35 in western pacific?

Legacy flanker? so we can rule out J-16 variants, Su-35 and J-15T variants. Leaving J-11B, J-15 (first block) and J-11A. Since it's unlikely for China to be operating J-11A and J-11B out far enough to meet F-35s, it's probably J-15 getting into mock dogfights with F-35 and achieving a position where it could make a gun kill. I find it hard to believe original J-15 from early 2010s could perform much BVR against F-35 and camera footage would imply F-35 in crosshairs.

ETC confirms it would be F-35 that was in crosshairs and since it's the only hostile naval 5th gen in the world. F-22s are not naval.

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According to this clip, it isn't even a J-15, its an old and obsolete Su-27SK/J-11A which defeated F-35C in mock dogfights and caused its crash in the SCS during the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games. And the same pilot of the old flanker make it twice in a week. I understand that F-35 is not a good dogfighter, but being defeated by such an old fighter is absolutely a shame to the pilots of F-35s.
But we're off topic so mods can feel free to move this post to another thread.

 

[by78]

Full afterburners at night + a few more from the Changchun Air Show.

 

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[siegecrossbow]

Full afterburners at night + a few more from the Changchun Air Show.

Gay guy might have questionable taste in shitposting but his images really are top notch. Easily in the top three civilian aerospace photographers on Weibo.

 

[Syrida2887]

A romantic photo.

 

[by78]

A few close-up images of the nose-mounted IRST.

 

[Deino]

A new photo showing the J-20A prototype no. 2057