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 …

Feb 26, 2019 · The Chinese J-10 is in service in large, and growing, numbers. The latest version, the J-10C, is a formidable machine. We spoke to Justin Bronk, Research Fellow for Airpower …

Mar 12, 2021 · The Chengdu J-10 Firebird was the People’s Republic of China’s first attempt to develop a fourth generation fighter comparable to the American Boeing F-15C Eagle and …

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 …

Mar 29, 2023 · Also known as the “Vigorous Dragon,” the J-10 is China’s primary medium-weight, multi-role fighter. The J-10 is a highly successful indigenous fighter jet program, which one …

May 7, 2022 · Designed by the Chengdu Aircraft Design Institute, China’s J-10 was devised with state-of-the-art radar and missile technology in mind and was intended to be a replacement for …

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 …

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 …

This two-seat J-10B fighter-trainer aircraft successfully flew in 2003. Preliminary designs for two new versions of the J-10 featuring single and twin engines and LO geometry were also...

Nov 5, 2024 · The J-10 jet fighter is a delta-wing aircraft with forward canards, which improve agility and low-speed maneuvers for air-to-air missions and ground attacks. It was initially …