Summary and Key Points: The Chinese J-11B is an indigenous variant of the Russian Su-27 fighter, initially licensed from Russia and then reverse-engineered and modified by China. -While externally ...

The J-11B was the next variant made in China with home-built avionics and weapons. The J-11B has an improved cockpit with a heads-up display. Its early warning system can detect enemy fighters and ...

Since its introduction to service with the PLAAF, the J-11B has remained the backbone of China’s aerial fleet. More and more reports surrounding the makeup of China’s ever-expanding aerial ...

The upgraded version of China's J-11B fighter jet, characterized by its white radar dome compared with the original version's black one, has featured in several recent official reports ...

It has been more than a week since a Chinese J-11B fighter jet allegedly buzzed a U.S. Navy P-8 Poseidon surveillance plane some 130 miles east of China’s Hainan Island in international airspace.

The J-15 adopts the J-11B avionics suite modified with multirole capability, including the same cockpit, and likely similar datalinks and mission computers as well. The J-15 uses the same radar as ...

The Chinese navy intensively exercised its upgraded J-11B fighter jets over the disputed South China Sea following mass delivery of the advanced model, according to state media reports.

J-11B fighter jets, KJ-500 early warning aircraft and Y-8 electronic warfare aircraft, and Pakistan sending warplanes including the JF-17 and Mirage III fighter jets, according to the CCTV report.

Images have emerged in Chinese state-owned media showing at least two People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) Shenyang Aircraft Corporation J-11B multirole combat aircraft featuring light ...

That’s because the J-11B, like the Su-27, was designed as a counter to the F-16—which is a mainstay of the Taiwanese air force. Whatever problems exist for the J-11B, one should not discount it.