Pilots Taining Duration
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When General Pace visited the PLAAF 1st Division HQ, the article describing the visit referred to 140 hours. In November 2006, when a J-7 pilot lost his life as he cleared his malfunctioning plane over a populated area, the newspaper article stated he had 140 flight hours for the year and 90% in reaching his allotment. I would say a range of around 140 to 160 hours.
Yes, PLAAF has been using aggressor squadron training for some years now. (a decade?) Both BVR and WVR combat is included. China has put great emphasis on training in the last decade or so, in the effort to catch up with the west. It is safe to assume they've at least managed to come close in quality of their pilots. (80/20% rule, first 80% always comes more easely)
Really??? I thought that J-7/J-8 pilots had 150-170hours while the J-10/J-11 pilots 170-190hours. From articles I've been reading coming from mainland China the J-10/J-11 pilots recieve an extra 20hours ontop of whatever J-7/J-8 pilots were getting. As sources cited that J-10/J-11 pilots are classified as the elites of PLAAF.
No need for war a mock up battle will be more that satisfying.
Match Up:
F-16 vs J-10: Lightweight
F-18 vs J-8: Midweight [Not really a midweight fighter but closes China has]
F-15 vs J-11: Heaveyweight
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The answer would be not long enough.
The feats and skills of Russian pilots are well known on the international stage; the technological superiority of American fighter jets are also indisputable.
But the skills of Chinese pilots?
The words skill and Chinese pilots don't show up in the same sentence.
I have serious concerns about the abilities of Chinese pilots, either flying bombers or fighter jets.
The feats and skills of Russian pilots are well known on the international stage; the technological superiority of American fighter jets are also indisputable.
But the skills of Chinese pilots?
The words skill and Chinese pilots don't show up in the same sentence.
I have serious concerns about the abilities of Chinese pilots, either flying bombers or fighter jets.
Well we did catch an image of a PLAAF pilot's certificate from a pilot assigned to the 2nd Division. Adding up the hours at points of certification and the dates, I got like 185 hours a year.