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Some corrected,
Confirmed future aircraft (5th and 4.5th generation):
- J-20 (closest counterpart: F-22)
- J-31 (closest counterpart: JSF)
- J-16 (closest counterpart: F-15C/D, bomb truck)
- J-15 (closest counterpart: F/A-18E or F-14)
- J-10B (closest counterpart: JAS-39)
Current aircraft:
- J-11B (closest counterpart: Su-30MKI)
- J-10A (closest counterpart: F-16C)
- JH-7A (closest counterpart: F-111 or F-2)
- J-11A (closest counterpart: Su-27MS)
- Su-27sk (closest counterpart: F-15J, prepare to retire)
- Su-30mkk (closest counterpart: F/A-18E or F-14, most in PLAN Airforce)
- J-8 (closest counterpart: F-4)
- J-7 (closest counterpart: Mig-21)
- Q-5 (closest counterpart: A-4)
Are you speaking in terms of role or capability, or a combination of both?
The J-16 should be comparable with the F-15SG, with AESA radar, RAM, composites, powerful engines, ECM, etc.
The F-15C/D is a legacy air superiority fighter, not a deep penetration striker. The F/A-18E is certainly not comparable to the F-14.
The JAS-39NG would be the closest in between the J-10A and J-10B. The J-10B is markedly heavier than the JAS-39 and sports a larger AESA radar, RAM, engines, composites.
The JH-7A is not comparable to the F-2, which does have a better multirole capability. The Japanese have deployed quite a few of these moderately-advanced fighters.
Su-30MKK is certainly not comparable to the F/A-18E; it does not have the AESA radar, composites, maneuverability, or ECM, needed to take on such an advanced fighter.