The acquisition of the Russian Sukhoi Flanker series fighter aircraft has been an important part of China's effort to modernise its air power. Between 1992 and 2004, China received a total of 176 examples of the Flanker series fighter in four variants: Su-27SK (Flanker-B), Su-27UBK (Flanker-C), Su-30MKK (Flanker-G) and Su-30MKK2 (Flanker-G). Another 100 examples of the … Continue reading PLA’s Flanker fighter family
Chinese social media revealed yet another new fighter aircraft development programme currently undergoing flight test. The latest revelation is a Shenyang (SAC)-produced copycat of the Russian Sukhoi Su-30MKK (NATO code name: Flanker-G) two-seater multirole fighter, reportedly designated by the PLAAF as the J-16. It is now a common knowledge that China has been reverse-engineering the … Continue reading Shenyang J-16 undergoing flight test
