Recently, German military expert Rupprecht Deino said that the Air Force 8 Brigade stationed in Changxing has been equipped with J-20A stealth fighters. The Chinese Air Force has its sixth combat force equipped with J-20A stealth fighters, and the Eastern Theater Command has its second A J-20A brigade.
Rupprecht Deino pays close attention to China's military development. Because the articles he writes are professional enough, his articles are often published in foreign military media and magazines. Therefore, his tweets have a high degree of confidence as a whole. If the total output of J-20 really exceeds 200, this means that the J-20 has become the fifth-generation heavy stealth fighter with the highest total output in today's era!
From east to west, from north to south, after flying J-20s vigorously, the sixth J-20 brigade must have been under preparation
On January 11, 2011, the J-20 fighter jets soared into the sky, announcing to the world that the United States is no longer the only one in the world with The nation of fifth-generation stealth fighter jets. From January 2011 to August 2022, it has been 11 and a half years.
The period from 2011 to 2018 was the test and pre-production stage of the J-10. At this stage, the J-20 was constantly testing various equipment and adjusting the design of the fighter based on feedback from the troops during use. Therefore, at this stage The appearance of the J-20 is constantly changing, and correspondingly, the output of the J-20 at this stage is very low.
After 2018, the J-20A was officially finalized and began mass production. During the initial mass production, the J-20A had only one production line and the annual output was only 12 aircraft. As the fighter jets mature, the number of J-20 production lines has slowly increased from one to two, and then from two to three. Annual production also increased from 12 to 24 to 36 aircraft. More and more aviation brigades are equipped with J-20 fighter jets. It has been 11 years since the J-20 first flew, and it has been in mass production for four and a half years. It is reasonable for the total production to exceed 200.
htmlColonel Shen Jinke said at the press conference of the Air Force Aviation Opening Event at the end of July that "Fly the J-20 in the southeast, northwest, and center." In the past two days, CCTV News and other official media have once again emphasized "East, west, south, north, center, fly hard to fight the J-20". College Shen Jinke’s speech clearly means that the five theaters including the Eastern Theater Command, the Southern Theater Command, the Western Theater Command, the Northern Theater Command, and the Central Theater Command have all been equipped with J-20 fighter jets. And the troops officially reported to be equipped with J-20s have always been a certain brigade of the Air Force Aviation Force. In other words, our country already has at least 5 J-20 brigades. One brigade of the Chinese Air Force has 36 J-20s, and five brigades have 180 J-20s.
The J-20 is a domestically produced fighter jet in China. The output is determined according to the actual needs of the Chinese aviation force. There will not be a situation where "the number in service was known 800 years ago". Obviously, for our country, a mere 180 J-20s are It's simply not enough. After all five theaters have J-20s, the next step for the People's Air Force must be to establish a sixth J-20 brigade.
and "East, west, south, north, center, fly hard to fight the J-20". is definitely talking about the J-20 brigade that has formed combat capabilities, not the J-20 brigade that has not yet formed combat capabilities (delivery and army formation have never been equal) The fifth J-20 brigade formed combat capabilities After that, the sixth J-20 brigade must have been under preparation. Therefore, the remarks of German military experts are still quite expert.
6 J-20 brigades, which means 216 J-20s. It also means that the J-20 fighter has become the fifth-generation heavy-duty stealth fighter with the largest production volume in the world. There are only three heavy-duty stealth fighters currently in service around the world, namely the American F-22, the Chinese J-20, and the Russian SU-57.
Russia's SU-57 only has 4 s in service. Even after counting prototypes, the total production has not exceeded 20. There are only 187 F-22 mass-produced models in the United States. Even after adding 8 prototypes, the total production of is only 195 . The number of J-20 mass-produced aircraft confirmed to be in service is already as high as 180.Not to mention that there are 10 prototypes of the single-seat J-20 alone (2 technical verification racks, 6 first-stage prototypes and 2 second-stage prototypes) and at least 3 two-seat J-20s. 20 prototype (at least one equipped with a pitot tube to verify basic performance, and one static test aircraft , a first-stage prototype aircraft that canceled the airspeed control )
and the first to possess the new fighter is never the combat force, but the training force. The Air Force's flight training and trial training bases must also be equipped with the new fighter. The number does not count. Fewer J-20s. In other words, the total output of the J-20 must have exceeded the F-22. The J-20 has become the undoubted heavy stealth fighter with the highest production volume.
The Eastern Theater Command became the first theater to have two J-20 brigades. It is logical that the important principle of
advanced heavy fighter allocation is what the imaginary enemy is and where the conflict breaks out. The war zones with the highest probability of war and the strongest smell of gunpowder will inevitably become the first units to field new fighter jets. Theaters where the imaginary enemy possesses advanced fighter jets must be relatively high in the order of the installation of new fighter jets.
If it is assumed that the technical level of fighter jets equipped by the enemy's air force is only the mainstream level, rather than the advanced level, then the order of installation of advanced fighter jets in this theater will inevitably be relatively low. If the imaginary enemy is not an imaginary enemy at this stage, or even a quasi-alliance, in order to avoid over-stimulating the opponent, the new fighter jets will be installed very late in the order, and the second-hand mobile phone recycling center will become the most appropriate nickname for the air force in the theater. After the first round of needs are met, continue to strengthen the troops with the most urgent needs.
The Eastern Theater Command is among my country's five theaters and is the closest to the war. Therefore, this theater is also the theater with the most urgent demand for J-20s. After all, the Eastern Theater Command's J-20s, F-22s, and F-35 real swords The chance of fighting with a real gun is very high. Even if there is daily friction, the J-20 of the Wang Hai Brigade in the Eastern Theater Command is my country's first J-20 to engage in two-person or four-person rotation with the F-35. Therefore, it is also logical for the Eastern Theater Command to become the first theater of the People's Air Force to have two J-20 brigades.
Finally, it is very exciting that the total output of the J-20 has exceeded 200, but we must also realize that our country currently only has the J-20 stealth fighter, which means that our country only has more than 200 stealth fighters. However, in addition to the F-22, the stealth fighters available to the United States and the United States also include the F-35 fighter . The total production of F-35 fighter jets will exceed the 1,000 mark by August 2023. The delivery volume in 2021 will be as high as 142 aircraft, and the delivery volume in 2022 is expected to be as high as 169 aircraft. In addition to the J-20, we also need a stealth fighter that is cheaper than the J-20 to offset the huge F-35 family. It is obvious that the only fighter that can undertake this task at this stage is the J-20. -35 fighter air force version.
is a combination of J-20 heavy twin-engine fighter + J-35 medium twin-engine fighter. It is quite similar to the combination of Soviet SU-27 and MIG-29. It can only be said that when facing the same enemy many times, the way to deal with it is always the same. are similar.
