(Luft) Chengdu Aircraft Industry J-20/FC-31/J-35

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J-20 fighters start patrols in East, South China Seas

China's J-20 stealth fighters have started to patrol the East and South China Seas as part of routine training missions, state-owned media reported.

According to the Global Times newspaper, the announcement was made by Ren Yukun, head of the discipline inspection and supervision team and a member of the leading party group at the state-owned Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC). In a press conference on 12 April, Yukun reportedly said that it has become a training routine for Chengdu J-20s to fly “combat patrols” in the East China Sea and “alert patrols” in the South China Sea.

He added that these patrols are being undertaken after the J-20 switched to using “domestically developed engines”.

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