J-20 5th Generation Fighter VII
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It seems to be taken in Changchun Airshow.
The batch number should be CB0140.
The other one is CB0134.
It had been posted by @by78 on the first day of show but no one noticed the batch number lol.High-resolution images from Changchun.
Could simply be that they are doing more than 12 per production line.
Just saw one or two in the Weibo comment section claiming that the J-20 with serial number CB037X has been spotted since last year. Not sure whether the claim can be verified or not.
If the claim is true, then the number of J-20s would've already well past 200, as Batch 04 could very well have been built by now.
Besides, there are 5 J-20s in Zhuhai yesterday, of which we saw the serial numbers on 2 of them. What about the other 3?
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This is quite normal and same with every air force. For pla, 24 out of 30 are pmai and the remaining 6 are for training and spares and such. Not that different from USAF where probably similar % of f35s are pmai.
I would rather take it with a grain of salt. Why does PLARF keep J-20 in reserve meanwhile 5th gen fighter is in high demand both in training and patrolling.
I am not trying to be pessimistic here, but do we have hard evidence that CB0XYZ exactly means? X is batch number for sure however the last two digits can mean XXth within the same batch or XXth in total production. I am looking for counter evidence against the latter one. For example, are there any photos indicating a production number like CB0101 or CB0310 to confirm the last two digits are counted independently between batches?
If we could confirm it, the total units would be at least 18 + 40 + 56 + 70 = 184.
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