Chengdu J-20 5th Generation Aircraft News & Discussions

Deino · Jan 11, 2023

LKJ86 said:
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Once again this shows, PLAAF watching is a constant process of learning.

This J-20A said to be the first one performing its maiden flight in 2023 shows IMO what some suggested already before: the final numbers are sequential and not "per batch".

Consequently I read this indeed as a Batch 07 but the 156th J-20A overall built and not the 156th J-20A within Batch 07. This again fits IMO now much better to a system that correlates to other estimations, namely that each batch has a size of 20 aircraft and not all brigades are actually operate a full complement.

A theory to the cn.s could therefore be (via Derpy/SDF):

00 1-20
01 21-40
02 41-60
03 61-80
04 81-100
05 101-120
06 121-140
07 141-160

Corax · Jan 11, 2023

The fact that they've built over 155 is quite an achievement in and of itself, and most probably will eclipse the numbers of F-22 Raptors built.

mike2000 is back · Jan 11, 2023

LKJ86 said:
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Nice plane.