In 2009, a senior PLAAF official revealed that the first flight was expected in 2010–11, with a service entry date by 2019. Chengdu had previously used the double-canard configuration in the J-9, its first design and cancelled in the 1970s, and the J-10. In 2008, the PLAAF endorsed Chengdu Aerospace Corporation's proposal, Project 718 Shenyang's proposed aircraft was larger than the J-20. The J-20 emerged from the late-1990s J-XX program. The two Chengdu J-20s making their first public appearance at Airshow China 2016 The J-20 is the world's third operational fifth-generation fighter aircraft after the Americans F-22 and F-35. The aircraft entered service in March 2017 with the first J-20 combat unit formed in February 2018, making China the second country in the world and the first in Asia to field an operational stealth aircraft. The aircraft has three variants: the initial production model J-20A, the thrust-vectoring J-20B, and twin-seat aircraft teaming capable J-20S.ĭescending from the J-XX program of the 1990s, the aircraft made its maiden flight on 11 January 2011, and was officially revealed at the 2016 China International Aviation & Aerospace Exhibition. The J-20 is designed as an air superiority fighter with precision strike capability. The Chengdu J-20 ( Chinese: 歼-20 pinyin: Jiān-Èrlíng), also known as Mighty Dragon ( Chinese: 威龙 pinyin: Wēilóng), is a twinjet all-weather stealth fighter aircraft developed by China's Chengdu Aerospace Corporation for the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF).
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