J-10 歼-10 殲-10
The [b]Chengdu J-10 "Vigorous Dragon" (威龙)[/b] (simplified Chinese: 歼-10; traditional Chinese: 殲-10) is a single-engined [[canards|canard]]-and-delta-wing fourth-generation multirole [[fighter jet]] produced by the [i]Chengdu Aircraft Industry Corporation[/i] for the Chinese [[People's Liberation Army Air Force]] (PLAAF), [[People's Liberation Army Navy|People's Liberation Army Naval Air Force]] (PLANAF) and the [[Pakistan Air Force]] (PAF). 

The J-10 made its maiden flight on 23 March 1998, and entered operation in 2006. The J-10 is mainly designed for air-to-air combat, but can also perform strike missions. It features 11 hardpoints which can carry [[PL-8]] and [[PL-10]] infrared-homing air-to-air [[missile|missiles]], [[PL-12]] and [[PL-15]] active-radar air-to-air missiles, [[KD-88]] air-to-ground missiles, or [[YJ-91]] anti-radiation air-to-ground missiles as well as bombs (guided and unguided), fuel tanks, or a variety of targeting pods.

As of 2022, there have been 602+ airframes of all J-10 variants produced.

h4. See also

* [[List of airplanes]]
* [[Chengdu j-10]]
* Not to be confused with [[J-10 (muv-luv)|]]

h4. External links

* Wikipedia: "Chengdu J-10":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chengdu_J-10
* Aviationfans.com: [s]h[/s][s]ttp://www.aviationfans.com/node/11[/s] (Dead link)
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