歼-20 试飞 J-20 in Chengdu

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The J-20 made its first flight, lasting about 15 minutes, on 11 January 2011. A Chengdu J-10S served as the escort aircraft. After the successful first flight, a ceremony was held. The test pilot of the J-20, Li Gang, Chief designer Yang Wei and General Li Andong (Deputy-Director of General Armaments Department, and Director of Science and Technology Commission of General Armaments Department of the PLA since 2000) attended the ceremony. China thus became the third nation in the world to 'develop and test-fly a full-size stealth combat aircraft demonstrator', after the United States and Russia.The Guardian reported that experts, on the one hand, expressed 'surprise' at the speed with which the aircraft was developed, but on the other hand 'said the country's military prowess was still relatively backward and way behind that of the US' and that its military interests were limited to its region. #AIR_FORCE #AIRCRAFT #CHENGDU #CHINA #F22 #FIGHTER #J10 #J11 #J12 #J14 #J15 #J20 #J5 #J6 #J7 #J8 #J9 #J13 #PLA #PLAAF #Stealth #T50 #WS15