Chengdu J-10 in Paf colors

Chengdu J-10 in Paf colors.

In late-February 2006, the President of Pakistan, Pervez Musharraf, toured the J-10 and JF-17 production facilities during which the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) was offered the J-10,^[18] and the purchase of 36 J-10s was approved on 12 April 2006. The J-10s would be modified to Pakistani requirements, and would equip PAF squadrons quantity around 150 to 200 from 2014–2015 and be known as the FC-20.

Chengdu J-10 S Photos

Chengdu J-10 S taking off.

Chengdu J-10 S never rests, taking off again.

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......And again, loaded with 2x BVRAAM and 2x SRAAM.

J-10S: Twin-seat fighter-trainer variant of the J-10A. The forward fuselage of the aircraft is stretched to accommodate an additional pilot seat, two pilots sit in tandem with a single large bubble canopy. Also incorporates an enlarged dorsal spine which may accommodate additional avionics equipment or fuel. As well as serving as training aircraft, the J-10S may also be used for the ground attack role where the rear seat pilot would act as the weapon systems operator.

Eurofighters For Pakistan ?

Tweet by Alan Warne :

Once india's MMRCA winner is announced will the losers offer Pakistan with alternatives to the J-10/FC-20? You bet!

US Navy Aggressor J-10 S

An aggressor squadron is a squadron that is trained to act as an opposing force in military wargames. Aggressor squadrons use enemy tactics, techniques, and procedures to give a realistic simulation of air combat (as opposed to training against one's own forces). Since it is impractical to use actual enemy aircraft and equipment, surrogate aircraft are used to emulate potential adversaries. The US Navy and Marine Corps use the term "Adversary" to describe their similar squadrons. The first formal use of dissimilar aircraft for training was in 1968 by the Navy Fighter Weapons School (better known as "TOPGUN"), which used the A-4 Skyhawk to simulate the performance of the MiG-17. The success of formalized Dissimilar air combat training (DACT) led to transition of Navy Instrument Training Squadrons equipped with the A-4 into Adversary Squadrons at each master[clarification needed] jet base. The USAF followed suit with their first Aggressor squadrons at Nellis AFB equipped with the readily available T-38 Talon.

US Squadrons
Some US aggressor camouflage schemes emulate Russian markings, such as the multiple shades of blue and gray on this US Navy F/A-18.

Aggressor squadrons in the US armed forces include the USAF 18th Aggressor Squadron at Eielson AFB, the 64th and 65th Aggressor Squadrons at Nellis AFB, the US Marine Corps' VMFT-401 at MCAS Yuma and the US Navy's VFC-12 at NAS Oceana, VFC-13 at NAS Fallon and VFC-111 at NAS Key West, as well as the famous "TOPGUN" Naval Fighter Weapons School (US Navy) which is not a squadron per se, but operates F-16A and F/A-18A/B/E/F aircraft as part of the Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center (NSAWC) at NAS Fallon. With the exception of the NSAWC aircraft, all the US Navy and US Marine Corps adversary squadrons are Reserve Component units and aircraft belonging to the Navy Reserve and the Marine Corps Reserve.

The USAF also operated Aggressor squadrons in the UK and in the Philippines. The 527 AS was a USAFE unit that first operated out of the former RAF Alconbury near Cambridge, England, then later from the former RAF Bentwaters near Ipswich. The 527th initially flew F-5s, then later switched to F-16s; and trained over the North Sea and in Germany, Spain and Italy. The PACAF counterpart, the 26th Training Aggressor Squadron, operated F-5s out of the former Clark Air Base near Angeles City, Philippines.

Yeah i copied it from Wikipedia. i ve removed the markings from this J-10 and painted it in USN Aggressor Camoflague .

Photoshoped J-10 A.K.A. FC-20

First a bit of history : J-10 is China's most modern fighter jet. Though Western Military analysts believe its capability to be on par with F-16 Block 40 at most, nothing can be said for sure. That being said because very less is known about the sub-systems and avionics this plane carries.

J-10 is also on offer to Pakistan and Pakistan Air Force accepted J-10 under designation FC-20 as its top notch fighter in quest of acquiring 4.5 generation multi role fighter. Pakistani cabinet in 2006 also agreed with the progression of the programme . The version that PAF will acquire will be an upgraded version of J-10, which will be in the league of Eurofighter and Rafale. Most likely end of 2009 will be the time these planes are actually handed over to PAF.

And now back to the Picture : This particular J-10 is photoshoped in PAF colors, Though i would like to make it clear that the real FC-20 'may not be the same' in either camoflague pattern or color scheme. It is just my impression of PAF's FC-20.

For those who might be interested, i used French Air Force Dassualt Mirage 2000 's Camoflague pattern to paint over this FC-20.

``Happy Ending``

Jaffu, Are u for real o.O

A pic of Jf-17 loaded with three 1100 litre fuel tanks and A2G ordnance has recently surfaced the internet. Is this pic for real, let's analyze.


The shape of these fuel tanks is similar to those used for J-10while the center-line fuel tank in J-10 is smaller than the two on wings. But in this pic all three fuel tanks are of the same size. That raises a big question mark . Why would J-10 a big and more powerful plane carry 2 1100 lt and one small fuel tank while Jaffu would carry 3 1100 lt fuel tanks ?

But when i tried to check if the light source for the plane and the fuel tanks is the same, that is by increasing and decreasing the brightness value and contrast , the fuel tanks seemed consistent with the plane. Though it is a very crude way to check the credibility of a photo, but it does give an idea, if the light sources of two objects in a pic are quite different.


Further if you zoom the pic and take a close look at the fuel tanks, u can see that tanks at the wing pylon have bright upper area while the one at center pylon is relatively dark. plus the rear gearbox is also casting quite a realistic shadow on it .

Also take a look at the grooves on these three fuel tanks. u can see that the difference is obvious. The ones on the left fuel tank are almost visible and are patchy due to light and shadows. The ones on the center-line fuel tank are clearly visible as they all are in the shadow. and the ones on the right are completely invisible as they are under dark shadow cast by the center lower fuselage of the plane.


Now, it can be safely assumed that if it is a photoshop, then the guy who did the editing has to be a fan-boy and not some Indian secret agent, in order to make us believe in the reality of the pic and acheive his goals would pay attention to such small details ?

So, is this pic for real ? Well, the level of detail in this pic, clearly, IMHO, negates the assumption that pic is a photoshop. But it could also be that the editor is well versed in editing. But Y would some fan boy put so much effort into it ?and definitely, im no Mastero, there are better guys than me out there. So, we cant know for sure if this pic is real or not, until the official confirmation emerges.

J-10b PAF

The J-10B is a modified variant of the J-10 multirole fighter aircraft, with modifications in airframe and avionics. For further information, plz refer to internet.

In this version of J-10 I edited DSI, Tail fin, And Radome but forgot to edit the small verticle stablizers :( and dont feel like editing any more. this one has already taken enough of my time .

Fc-20 once more !

With pics of the improved J-10b surfacing on the internet, the sight of real J-10s in Pakistani colors might not be that far-fetched. But as any hi-def pics of the new version are yet to be revealed, which could take long enough ( 1 year my guess ) , all i can do is to PS J-10a in PAF color scheme.

A week before i got an invitation to edit a J-10 in Paf scheme for an undisclosed project **read- Pak Def calender** and obviously i agreed. After almost 4 hrs of work, i had two versions of edited J-10.


1. This J-10 has only its color scheme changed in to almost like PAF camo with an addition of related decals .
2. The second one is the souped up version. Add ons include EuroFighter's Radome and IRST and wing tip ECm housing, and F-16's targeting pod. Camo. is just my imagination...looked cool so applied it .


Any comments.......Welocme :D

Quizz of the month

Guess what plane is it ??

PAF J-10

During Zardari's last visit to China, acquisition of J-10 on easy terms was also a part of the talks. Not going into the discussion that when Pakistan is in almost every kind of crisis, is this a wise decision to spend more on war machines, one has to admit that it is a beautiful aircraft and from every angle has Made-for-PAF looks. Though in my opinion, a more prudent option could have been leasing 12 J-10 (6 J-10 single seater, and 6 double seater) and training our pilots on them until we manage enough cash to buy enough squadrons of them J-10s. And in case of any conflict with India, more J-10s from China can be acquired with out any trouble as our pilots would have enough experience to handle these jets. ( Just a layman opinion, i believe PAF makes its decision keeping every possible aspect in view.)

But whatever...This J-10 here is painted in current PAF camoflague scheme as on JF-17. Though personally, i think PAF should move on towards new fashion in Fighter Jet Camo. Schemes. UAEAF or Hellenic AF painting schemes can serve as a good inspiration.

FC-20

Here you go .Twin seater FC-20 with CFT's and advanced avionics in PAF colors. Most noticable features are JF-17 style RWR (Rafale in this case ;), CFT's (F-16 blk 52's) Some thing on its spine (also F-16's) , IFF antennas, And something just below the canopy ( upper one from EuroFighter and lower one from F-16). Can anybody identify what they really are ?

Oh, and the new green Batti on its inlet ( F-16's yet again) .