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Developed from. Shenyang J-11. The Shenyang J-16 Hidden Dragon ( Chinese: 歼-16 潜龙, Pīnyīn: Jiān-16 Qián Lóng; NATO reporting name: Flanker-N[ 2]) is a Chinese 4.5 generation, [ 3] tandem-seat, twinjet, multirole strike fighter [ 4][ 1] built by Shenyang Aircraft Corporation and operated by the People's Liberation Army Air Force ...
Shenyang Aircraft Corporation has officially confirmed that J-31 will eventually install the Guizhou WS-19 turbofan engine, which is a fundamentally new design incorporating similar technology as the J-20's Xian WS-15, and has a maximum thrust of 10 tonnes-force (98.1 kN), compared to the interim WS-13 whose thrust is 9 tonnes-force (88.3 kN ...
In Pakistan: January 2008 – present. Number built. 170 (production aircraft) The CAC/PAC JF-17 Thunder ( Urdu: جے ایف-17 گرج ), or FC-1 Xiaolong ( Chinese: 枭龙; pinyin: Xiāo Lóng; lit. 'Fierce Dragon'), is a lightweight, single-engine, multirole combat aircraft developed jointly by the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) and ...
An F-16C over Iraq in 2008. An F-22A Raptor flies over Andrews Air Force Base during an airshow in 2008. An F-35A in flight. A USAF B-52 bomber. A B-1B in flight over Afghanistan. A B-2 Spirit stealth bomber flies over the Pacific Ocean. An E-3 Sentry AWACS aircraft. One of 4 E-4B Nightwatch airborne command posts.
The Shenyang J-15 (Chinese: 歼-15), also known as Flying Shark (Chinese: 飞鲨; pinyin: Fēishā; NATO reporting name: Flanker-X2, [3]) is a Chinese all-weather, twinjet, carrier-based 4.5 generation [4] multirole fighter aircraft developed by the Shenyang Aircraft Corporation (SAC) and the 601 Institute, specifically for the People's Liberation Army Naval Air Force (PLANAF) to serve on ...
PL-17. The PL-17 ( NATO reporting name: CH-AA-12 Auger [ 1]) or PL-20 is an active radar-guided beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile developed by the People's Republic of China for the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF). The missile has claimed range more than 400 km (250 mi) and is intended to target high value airborne assets (HVAA ...
The Joint Direct Attack Munition ( JDAM) is a guidance kit that converts unguided bombs, or "dumb bombs", into all-weather precision-guided munitions (PGMs). JDAM-equipped bombs are guided by an integrated inertial guidance system coupled to a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver, giving them a published range of up to 15 nautical miles (28 ...
It was spotted in 2013 mounted on a prototype of Chengdu J-20. [7] The PL-15 entered People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) military service around 2015 [8] to 2017. [3] The carrying platforms include the Chengdu J-10C, the Shenyang J-16 and the Chengdu J-20. It has also been spotted on the Shenyang J-11B. [7]