Chinese jet engines have reached the level when they began to be installed on single-engine fighters. May 11 portal defensenews.com He reported that the first production Chengdu J-10 fighters with locally produced engines entered service with the PLA Air Force.
Images of the PLA Air Force exercise show a J-10C "Swift Dragon" fighter with a WS-10B Taihang engine. Chinese censorship does not disclose the location of the exercise, as well as the serial number of the fighter, but according to unofficial data, the aircraft belongs to the air Force base in Shantou (Guangdong Province).
J-10C fighter jet with WS-10B engine
Image source: defensenews.com
China has not been able to create an aircraft engine of sufficient power and reliability for a long time. Since 2010, the WS-10 engines have been installed on the two-engine Shenyang J-11 and J-16 fighters, while the Russian AL-31F was purchased for single-engine aircraft. Now, the country can refuse to import engines for its fighter jets.
