The Chengdu J-10 Vigorous Dragon (Chinese: 歼-10 猛龙; pinyin: Jiān-10 Měnglóng; NATO reporting name: Firebird [4] [5]), is a medium-weight, single-engine, multirole combat aircraft using a delta wing and canard design. [2]

Oct 13, 2020 · The J-10 (Jian 10 or Fighter 10) is China’s indigenously built multirole fighter aircraft developed by the Chengdu Aircraft Industry. Chengdu Aircraft Industry is part of the China Aviation Industry Corporation I (AVIC I). In the West the …

The Chengdu J-10 (Jian-10; simplified Chinese: 歼-十; traditional Chinese: 殲-十; pinyin: Jiān shí, export designation F-10 Vanguard) is a multirole fighter aircraft designed and produced by the People's Republic of China's Chengdu Aircraft Industry Corporation (CAC) for the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF).

The Chengdu J-10 fighter has for over close to 20 years played a central role in the modernisation of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force, and having first flown on March 23 1998 it has now been flying for a full quarter century. With approximately 50 estimated to be being produced annually after acquisitions were accelerated ...

Chengdu J-10 Firebird (Jian-10 Fighter aircraft 10) / F-10. The J-10 has entered the middle of its life from 2004 to the present.

Nov 19, 2023 · One critical component of the People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) is the Chengdu J-10. The “Vigorous Dragon” is often compared to its American counterpart, the F-16 Fighting Falcon, and...

May 31, 2024 · Page details technical specifications, development, and operational history of the Chengdu (AVIC) J-10 (Vigorous Dragon) Multirole 4th Generation Fighter Aircraft including pictures.

Apr 2, 2023 · China put out a video montage of the Chengdu J-10 Vigorous Dragon in March to mark the 25 years of service of the most revolutionary indigenously developed fourth-generation fighter jet, which remains the mainstay of the country’s air power.

The Chengdu J-10 cockpit is equipped with a zero-zero ejection seat. The fighter has a digital fly-by-wire flight control system and HOTAS (hand-on throttle and stick) control where the pilot has every control for battle that is put into two handles.

Until the advent of the J-20 stealth fighter, the Chengdu J-10 was the pinnacle of indigenous Chinese fighter design. It is a single engine delta-canard agile multirole fighter which was alleged to be a clone of the IAI Lavi design, enhanced through alleged access to …