Tag: Chengdu J-20

9th Brigade at Wuhu has received its first two to four J-20 fighter aircraft Exactly eight years and one day after its first flight, the first operational People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF, China Air Force) front line unit, 9th Brigade at Wuhu has received its first two to four J-20 fighter...

Currently Japan deploys about 200 F-15s. About half the fleet has been overhauled, but the 100 or so fighters being eyed for a sale cannot receive upgrades The Nikkei is reporting that Tokyo is mulling the feasibility of selling some of its aging F-15Js back to the United States.

Currently Japan deploys about 200 F-15s, roughly half of which cannot be upgraded The Nikkei says Japan’s government intends to buy another 100 F-35 fighters to replace some of its aging F-15s. It plans to announce the purchase when it reviews the National Defense Program Guidelines next month. The purchase can be considered a response to China's military buildup, as well as...

The software is conceived to allow the F-35 to precisely identify advanced enemy aircraft such as the Chinese J-20 and the Russian Su-57 stealth fighters The U.S. Air Force (USAF) is speeding up the development of a new on-board threat library for the F-35 stealth fighter. According to USAF officials this software is conceived to precisely identify advanced enemy aircraft...

“The IRST sensor is a key capability Super Hornet brings to the carrier air wing that nobody else has. It is a counter-air, counter-stealth targeting capability,” Dan Gillian, Boeing’s F/A-18 and EA-18G program manager As we have recently reported Lockheed Martin has secured two contracts from Boeing to upgrade its IRST21 sensor system for use on the U.S. Navy’s F/A-18E/F...