According to China Aviation News, a team of senior lecturers and translators from various departments of aviation industry and aerospace, involving professional teaching teams such as ejection seats and electronic products, went to Chengdu to carry out a week-long training for the Pakistan Air Force on the delivery and use of ejection seats for an export fighter jet and its supporting life-saving products.
The Pakistani Air Force has always used the MK series of ejection seats developed by the British Martin Baker Company, and this time the China Aviation Industry Aerospace Company went to Chengdu to train new ejection seats for the Pakistani army, indicating that the Pakistan Air Force is importing a new fighter from China, which is likely to be a J-10CE fighter.
According to the UAE's Gulf News website reported on January 18, 2022 will be the most important year ever for the Pakistan Air Force. Relying on two advanced fighters of Chinese descent, the Pakistan Air Force will be modernized to regain its air superiority over India.
According to Pakistani insiders, Pakistan will soon receive 25 Chinese-made J-10CE Raptor multi-role fighters and participate in the March 23 Pakistan National Day military parade in the form of squadron formations. At that time, the Pakistani Air Force J-10CE fighter formation from China will be displayed in front of the Pakistani public for the first time, which is the first time that Pakistan has a fourth-generation half+ fighter.
The J-10C fighter is a deeply improved version of the J-10 fighter, manufactured by AVIC Chengdu Aircraft Industry Corporation, and is the fourth generation of supersonic multi-role fighter independently developed by China, which can carry more than 4 tons of ammunition, equipped with advanced active phased array radar and advanced avionics systems and a variety of advanced airborne weapons, and has the ability to control air at medium range and to strike accurately at ground and sea targets. Its comprehensive combat effectiveness has reached the level of the 4th generation half + fighter.
In terms of power system, the J-10C fighter adopts the domestic engine of the "Taihang" WS-10A/B developed by the mainland, the engine thrust is 13.2 tons, while the air weight of the J-10C is about 9 tons, and the thrust of the J-10C using a single-engine "Taihang" engine is large enough. The aerodynamic layout of the J-10C adopts close-range coupling canard wings, but relatively takes into account the supersonic leveling, so the subsonic and medium supersonic flight performance of the J-10C is good, coupled with advanced avionics and missile weapons, the air superiority performance of the J-10C is very strong.
The currently installed Taihang engine is based on the original WS-10 engine optimized design, further developed WS-10A/B engine, Not only has the thrust increased from 12.5 tons to 13.2 tons, but also the average trouble-free interval time has also increased to 600 hours, the first flip life has reached 1500 hours, and the full life has exceeded 3000 hours, which is very close to the advanced level of western fighter engines, and the use of FADEC full authority digital operation technology has helped fighters achieve "flying fire push integration" capabilities, helping the engine to achieve higher and better comprehensive performance.
In terms of weapons, the J-10C can be equipped with medium-range air-to-air missiles such as PL-10 and PL-12, as well as more advanced PL-15 long-range air-to-air missiles, which have a range of 200 kilometers. Compared with the French Rafale fighter equipped by the Indian Air Force, the Meteor air-to-air missile with a range of more than 150 kilometers has a clear advantage in range. In addition, the J-10C fighter is also equipped with a target indication pod for launching precision-guided munitions, which can carry a variety of ground-attack weapons such as anti-ship missiles, laser and GPS-guided weapons, air-to-ground missiles, etc., further improving the fighter's precision strike capabilities against ground and sea targets.
In terms of radar avionics, the J-10C is equipped with a more advanced airborne electronically scanned array (AESA active phased array) radar, which has a longer detection distance and the ability to track 12 targets simultaneously and hit the 6 most threatening targets than the early J-10 fighters. It is precisely because it is equipped with such an advanced radar, as well as many advanced sensors and information attack and defense systems and other integrated avionics devices, so that the J-10C fighter's battlefield perception and survivability have been qualitatively improved and enhanced, and the strike power of airborne weapons has been brought into full play to the greatest extent.
In terms of appearance design, the J-10C fighter abandons the six-bone reinforcement shape originally designed for the addition of a high-thrust engine, and replaces it with a more streamlined design, using a more advanced DSI intake tract, which not only makes the power improvement more smooth and powerful, but also the overall appearance is more in line with aerodynamic principles, so that the J-10C fighter has a good performance in supersonic flight conditions.
In terms of technology and materials, the J-10C fighter has been fully realized in terms of technical equipment and materials, and the export will not receive any restrictions from external factors, and the relatively high price of American, European, Russian and other fighters, China's J-10C fighter has a natural price advantage in the export market, and the 25 J-10C fighters that will be exported to Pakistan this time are the best examples.
In addition to the J-10C fighter, the "Thunderbolt" JF-17 (that is, the Dragon Fighter) jointly developed by China and Pakistan has also made new progress. As China's first authorized overseas production model in the form of the export of whole aircraft technology, Dragon dragon has been equipped with the Pakistan Air Force in batches. At present, the Pakistan Air Force has hundreds of different batches of JF-17 fighter jets in service.
The latest model of the Dragon Fighter, the Block III, also held a roll-off ceremony in December 2021, and the first one is expected to officially join the Pakistan Air Force in early 2022, and about 11 Dragon 3 fighters have been rolled off the line by the Pakistani side.
The Dragon 3 fighter has a more prominent low-altitude and high-subsonic mobile combat capability, and is also equipped with an active phased array radar and a PL-15 air-to-air missile, which can be combined with the high-altitude and supersonic combat capabilities of the J-10C fighter, which can make up for each other, which is a perfect combination.
The J-10C and Dragon 3 fighters have brought the Pakistan Air Force into the era of active phased array radar in one fell swoop, and then coordinated with the ZDK early warning aircraft, Hongqi 9 and Hongqi 16 air defense missile systems imported by the Pakistani side from China, so that the Pakistani Air Force is building its own air defense combat system around China's air defense weapons, which is obviously superior to the opponent India's Wanguo Air Force, but in terms of system compatibility and reliability, it is stronger than India.
Therefore, in the future, the Pakistan Air Force that joins the J-10C fighter will have a significant increase in overall combat effectiveness, which can not only compete with India's Rafale fighters and Su-30MKI fighters, but also gradually narrow the gap in strength with the Indian Air Force.
This photo clearly shows how small the radar of the gusts is. The biggest hard injury of the French Rafale fighter is that the radar caliber is too small, due to the limitations of the aerodynamic structure, the Rafale can only have a very small diameter nose, so it is impossible to install a large-caliber phased array radar.
Even for the latest Rafale fighters, the RBE2AA active phased array radar has a caliber of only 500 to 550 mm and only 830 T/R components. It is the active phased array radar with the smallest caliber and the fewest T/R components in the world's active fighter jets. The number of T/R components of the RBE2AA radar is even less than that of the KLJ-07A radar on the Dragon 3 fighter.
Therefore, the mid-range air combat performance of the Rafale fighter is very doubtful, and when facing the J-10C fighter equipped with an active phased array radar and PL10/PL15 missiles, the Rafale is likely to be at a disadvantage and be hammered by the J-10C.