China Chengdu J-20 Air Craft (Fighter Jet)  (Mighty Dragon)
Channel: Shoaib Sharaf
Date: 2022-06-25

The Chengdu J-20 (Chinese: 歼-20; pinyin: Jiān-Èrlíng), also known as Mighty Dragon (Chinese: 威龙; pinyin: Wailing),[8][9][10] is a twinjet all-weather stealth[11] fighter aircraft developed by China's Chengdu Aerospace Corporation for the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF).[4] The J-20 is designed as an air superiority fighter with precision strike capability;[12] it descends from the J-XX program of the 1990s.[13]

The aircraft made its maiden flight on 11 January 2011,[1][2] and was officially revealed at the 2016 China International Aviation & Aerospace Exhibition.[14] The aircraft entered service in March 2017,[4] and began its combat training phase in September 2017.[15] The first J-20 combat unit was formed in February 2018.[4] The J-20 is the world's third operational fifth-generation stealth fighter aircraft after the F-22 and F-35.[16]
• Crew: one (pilot)
• Length: 21.2 m (69 ft 7 in)
• Wingspan: 13.01 m (42 ft 8 in)
• Height: 4.69 m (15 ft 5 in)
• Wing area: 73 m2 (790 sq ft)
• Empty weight: 17,000 kg (37,479 lb)
• Gross weight: 25,000 kg (55,116 lb)
• Max takeoff weight: 37,000 kg (81,571 lb)
• Fuel capacity: 12,000 kg (26,000 lb) internally
• Powerplant: 2 × Saturn AL-31 FM2[76][80][85] afterburning turbofan, 145 kN (33,000 lbf) with afterburner
• Powerplant: 2 × Shenyang WS-10C[27][32] afterburning turbofan, 147 kN (33,000 lbf) with afterburner
• Powerplant: 2 × Shenyang WS-15[175] afterburning turbofan, 181 kN (41,000 lbf) with afterburner
Performance
• Maximum speed: Mach 2.0[174]
• Range: 5,500 km (3,400 mi, 3,000 nmi) with 2 external fuel tanks
• Combat range: 2,000 km (1,200 mi, 1,100 nmi)
• Service ceiling: 20,000 m (66,000 ft)
• g limits: +9/-3
• Rate of climb: 304[8] m/s (59,800 ft/min)
• Wing loading: 340 kg/m2 (69 lb/sq ft)
• Thrust/weight: 0.92 (1.12 with loaded weight and 50% fuel) with WS-10C/AL-31FM2 (estimated)