This is a Lyman's post:
As of mid -2025, the East University (Should Be Dongda, Big East = China) Air Force is equipped with AESA radar fighters:
->J-10C ~ 280
->J-16~400
->J-11BG ~ 150?
->J-20/A/S ~450
->J-35A ~ 10
A total of about 1300
According to the latest data in 2025, the U.S. Air Force's AESA-equipped fighter jets include about 185 F-22, about 500 F-35A, about 218 F-15E (mostly upgraded), about 8 F-15EX, and about 150 AESA-equipped F-16, totaling about 1060.
The total number of tactical aircraft of the U.S. Air Force and the Air National Guard has long been surpassed by the Dongda (Big East=China) Air Force. Now even the total number of AESA-equipped aircraft is less than the Dongda by 200, and the gap is still widening at a rate of more than 100 per year. The quality gap between the two tactical aircraft will be growing.
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Not to mention that most of the airborne AESA in Dongda are digital array gallium nitride active phased array radars, which are one to two generations ahead of the airborne AESA of the US Air Force. The U.S. Air Force currently does not have a single fighter jet with gallium nitride AESA, all gallium arsenide AESA.
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With CUHK's leading PL-15, PL-16, PL-17 air-to-air missiles, and far-ahead early warning aircraft, the U.S. Air Force fighters would end up much worse than the Indian Air Force's Rafale during a real air war between the two sides.
![[并不简单]](https://face.t.sinajs.cn/t4/appstyle/expression/ext/normal/aa/2018new_bingbujiandan_org.png "[并不简单]")
As of mid -2025, the East University (Should Be Dongda, Big East = China) Air Force is equipped with AESA radar fighters:
->J-10C ~ 280
->J-16~400
->J-11BG ~ 150?
->J-20/A/S ~450
->J-35A ~ 10
A total of about 1300
According to the latest data in 2025, the U.S. Air Force's AESA-equipped fighter jets include about 185 F-22, about 500 F-35A, about 218 F-15E (mostly upgraded), about 8 F-15EX, and about 150 AESA-equipped F-16, totaling about 1060.
The total number of tactical aircraft of the U.S. Air Force and the Air National Guard has long been surpassed by the Dongda (Big East=China) Air Force. Now even the total number of AESA-equipped aircraft is less than the Dongda by 200, and the gap is still widening at a rate of more than 100 per year. The quality gap between the two tactical aircraft will be growing.
Not to mention that most of the airborne AESA in Dongda are digital array gallium nitride active phased array radars, which are one to two generations ahead of the airborne AESA of the US Air Force. The U.S. Air Force currently does not have a single fighter jet with gallium nitride AESA, all gallium arsenide AESA.
With CUHK's leading PL-15, PL-16, PL-17 air-to-air missiles, and far-ahead early warning aircraft, the U.S. Air Force fighters would end up much worse than the Indian Air Force's Rafale during a real air war between the two sides.