J-35A fighter (PLAAF) + FC-31 thread

[SinoAmericanCW]

hmm?… equipping a front-line unit before it was tested / went thru OPEVAL at a FTTB unit would be strange

Besides, Wuhu is home to the 9th AB, which received the J-20 in 2018. It'd be surprising for it to convert from one 5th gen to another.

 

[by78]

It is rumored that the J-35A has equipped the PLAAF's Eastern Theater Command at Wuhu Airbase. Unconfirmed, of course.

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Some rumors are not worth spreading.

 

[zyklon]

Besides, Wuhu is home to the 9th AB, which received the J-20 in 2018. It'd be surprising for it to convert from one 5th gen to another.

IIRC, the 9th Air Brigade, or more precisely its predecessor regiment under the former 3rd Air Division, was one of the first, if not the first unit to be equipped with the Su-27SK in the early 1990s, and then the Su-30MKK around 2000.

Fairly sure they were also the first or second line unit to be equipped with the J-20. Not sure precisely how elite or special this unit is, but it has been characterized as such given its history of prioritized access to and adoption of the PLAAF's newest fighters.

This is obviously a rumor, but not an implausible scenario. Wouldn't be shocking if it was true.

 

[SinoAmericanCW]

IIRC, the 9th Air Brigade, or more precisely its predecessor regiment under the former 3rd Air Division, was one of the first, if not the first unit to be equipped with the Su-27SK in the early 1990s, and then the Su-30MKK around 2000.

Fairly sure they were also the first or second line unit to be equipped with the J-20. Not sure precisely how elite or special this unit is, but it has been characterized as such given its history of prioritized access to and adoption of the PLAAF's newest fighters.

This is obviously a rumor, but not an implausible scenario. Wouldn't be shocking if it was true.

I can confirm that the 9th Air Brigade was the first operational unit to receive the J-20.

I'd still be very surprised if the rumor turns out to be true.

 

[by78]

A flight performance video from Zhuhai.

 

[FirebirdFan]

A flight performance video from Zhuhai.

Never gets old seeing (tentative as we said) airframe at 01 at 1:05 using the WS-13. the afterburner is identical to what we see on the RD-93 and RD-33, pretty cool.