The J-20 fighter jets participating in the Zhuhai Air Show may come from a trial training base
How many J-20 fighter jets does China have?
Foreign countries have always been very interested in the number of China's fifth-generation J-20 fighter jets, especially Japan.
Before this, Japan said that China had 24 J-20 fighter jets, but this year Japan has changed its tune, saying that China already has at least 50 fighter jets . The number of China's new stealth fighter jets has become a topic of greatest concern to Japan.
二: J-20 The number has always been a mystery
The first public appearance of the J-20 was at the 2016 air show. At that time, two J-20 fighter jets from a trial training base flew over the air show like a glimpse, At this time, there were only a few J-20s.
It can be seen from the picture that 15 J-20 fighter jets are intensively displayed on the ground.
In 2019, the number of J-20s on public display increased sharply to 15. It can be seen that the total number of J-20 fighters is likely to have exceeded 2019 as early as 2019. Dozens.
At this time, not only a certain flight training base and a certain trial training base had J-20 fighter jets, but the brigade where the Air Force's most powerful ace aviation brigade "Wang Hai Brigade" also became the first main force to "eat crabs".
According to public reports, the J-20 fighter jets of the "Wang Hai Brigade" have had a close confrontation with an advanced fighter jet of a certain country's air force. The "Wang Hai Brigade" has always been the first brigade to install the most advanced fighter jets of the Chinese Air Force .
As early as the 1990s, the brigade had the first batch of 24 Su-27 fighter jets.
The Su-30MKK was once the main fighter of the "Wang Hai Brigade"
After that, the brigade successively replaced the Su-30MKK fighter jets with enhanced ground attack capabilities. Therefore, the "Wang Hai Brigade" became the first J-20 fighter jet. A journey has become something that everyone expects.
According to foreign media, the number of J-20 fighter jets in the brigade where the "Wang Hai Brigade" belongs may have met the needs of the full strength of the army, with at least more than 20 aircraft.
In the future, the first batch of two-seat J-20 fighter jets may also join the battle sequence of the "Wang Hai Brigade".
According to CCTV reports, not long after, a certain brigade of the Northern Theater Aviation Force also changed to a subsequent batch of J-20 fighter jets as desired. The "Taihang version" J-11B fighter jets previously installed by the brigade's "Strong Army Pioneer Flying Brigade" have been transferred to Flight school.
J-11B fighter jets
The J-11B of the "Strong Army Pioneer Flying Group" has been unable to suppress the main opponent's fourth-generation fighter jets
Not only the eastern theater and the northern theater need powerful J-20 fighter jets to "support the scene", other theaters also need J-20 Fighters "kill the place".
In the future, there may be more aviation brigades "eating crabs", and the number of J-20 fighter jets in service is likely to exceed imagination.
3: Why are the number of J-20 fighter jets so huge?
Although the J-20 fighter jets are being fielded at a rapid pace, the production capacity still does not allow most of the Air Force aviation brigades to switch to new fighter jets. After all, there are still quite a few aviation brigades in our army still using the J-8F with the technical level of thirty years ago. and J-7H fighter jets.
For example, The J-8F fighter jets of the aviation brigade on the front line in the Western Theater Command have been in use for quite a long time. The J-7 fighter jets of a certain brigade in the Northern Theater Command are in a similar situation.
Previously, the J-8F fighter jets of the Air Force’s ace unit were on display on the ground.
The Chinese Air Force is the only country among the United Nations’ five permanent members that still uses second-generation fighter jets. Therefore, there should be quite a few J-7H and J-8F fighter brigades that need to be replaced in the future. Pack.
According to foreign media, the People's Liberation Army still has at least 400-500 second-generation fighter jets that need to be replaced by new fighter jets.
Not only do second-generation aircraft need to be replaced by advanced fighter jets, the early mass-produced third-generation fighter jets are not only unable to compete with the increasingly proliferating third-generation improved and fourth-generation stealth fighters in neighboring countries in combat effectiveness, but most of the fighter jets also have little remaining lifespan.
Even the J-10A and J-11A fighter jets installed after 2000 do not have much remaining life.
Just take the J-11A fighter brigade in the eastern theater as an example. Although it is on the front line of Fujian and Jiangxi, the performance of the J-11A fighter jet in this brigade Completely incompetent for combat missions.
The J-11A cannot use the domestically produced PL-12 semi-active radar-guided air-to-air missiles and the new generation PL-15 active radar-guided air-to-air missiles.
Air Force J-11A fighter jets of a certain division
The number of early J-11A and J-10A fighter jets may be in the hundreds, which shows that the demand for J-20 fighter jets will not be small.
Prior to this, the restriction on the number of J-20 fighter jets was mainly due to the lag in domestic engine assembly. The early mass-produced J-20 fighter jets used the AL-31F engine imported from Russia.
The production capacity and performance of the turbofan-10 engines used in the first few batches of mass-produced J-20 fighter jets were not very satisfactory. It was not until recent years that the turbofan-10 engines began to replace some of the AL-31Fs that had expired. engine.
At present, J-20 fighter jets equipped with two turbofan-10 improved engines have begun to be delivered to a certain brigade, and the production of J-20 fighter jets is climbing.
The improved turbofan-10 engine is the main power source for the new domestically produced fighter jets.
According to foreign media reports, the turbofan-15 "Emei" engine may also be tested on the J-20 fighter jet, and the progress is quite smooth.
By then, the output of J-20 fighter jets is likely to reach the scale of the J-10 series of fighter jets. After all, the establishment of the Chinese Air Force fighter force has room for a large number of J-20 fighter jets.
Four: Why does Japan care about the number of Chinese fighter jets?
Japan has always been concerned about the replacement of China's advanced fighter jets. Japan believes that the performance of the J-20 fighter jets is very threatening to the F-35A fighter jets of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force..
The Japanese also believe that the number of China's J-20 fighter jets may even be several times that of Japan's F-35A fighter jets. Therefore, they are very panicked.
F-35 fighter jet has replaced F-15J fighter jet and become the main model of Japan Air Force
According to Japanese media reports, although Japan Air Force has purchased 105 F-35A fighter jets, it has surpassed the Israeli Air Force to become the second largest F-35A fighter jet in the world. Owning country.
However, the number of J-20 brigade in our army has reached dozens. No wonder Japan is so guilty.
Five: Conclusion
Unsurprisingly, in the future, a considerable part of the People's Liberation Army's aviation brigades will have newly commissioned J-20 fighter jets, and the rest of the aviation brigades will also receive a large number of J-16 and J-10C fighter jets , This is due to the fact that we are surrounded by The international environment is the most complex.
J-20 fighter No. 78232 at an Air Force flight training base is performing a flight display
Japan has always claimed that if something happens in the Taiwan Strait, Japan will participate in the conflict in the Taiwan Strait. It can be seen that Japan has always been restless and our army can only install more J-20 fighter jets. Only then can Japan remain calm.
There may be hundreds of J-20s now. Let us wait and see whether the number of J-20s installed in the future can meet our expected goals.
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