Chapter 640: J-10 fighter jet's first flight

Chengfei test flight station.

Today is the first flight day of the J-10 fighter.

The first flight ceremony was very grand, and many important leaders and guests came to attend the first flight ceremony.

For this reason, Chengfei also did a lot of preparation work and built a temporary viewing platform on the spot.

As early as ten days ago, the special security department took over the security work here.

Today's weather is good, with no clouds in the sky, which is very suitable for the first flight of the J-10 fighter. It seems that God has opened his eyes.

The first flight of the J-10 fighter will surely be recorded in the history of aviation, so it must be successful and cannot fail.

In order to ensure that there is no mistake, the J-10 fighter R\u0026D team has made very careful arrangements.

The test pilot was Huang Bingxin, the "test flight hero", who served as the test pilot of the J-10 fighter 01 prototype; Tang Liangang served as the test pilot of the 02 prototype, and Zhang Hai served as the test pilot of the 03 prototype.

At 8:30 in the morning, leaders and guests arrived one after another, and the scene became very lively.

Everyone is very happy. The first flight of the J-10 fighter is a milestone for the Chinese Air Force. It will lead the Chinese Air Force forward a big step, including the naval aviation, because the J-10 fighter has customers not only for the Air Force but also for the Navy.

Since the introduction of the US F14, F15, and F16 fighters, as we continue to adapt to these advanced fighters and tap into the combat effectiveness of the third-generation fighters, we have held no less than a hundred air confrontation exercises in recent years. Everyone knows that the first-generation and second-generation aircraft are not enough to fight against the third-generation fighters.

Now China has more than 100 F14, F15, and F16 fighters, and its strength is not weak, but China's airspace is so large that more than 100 third-generation fighters are not enough to maintain the security of China's airspace.

A consensus has been reached above, that is, the J-6 will be gradually retired from active service, and those that can be exported will be exported and sold, and those that cannot be exported will be sealed. The first few models of the J-7 can be exported and sold, and those that cannot be exported will be sealed.

The improved J-7 and the improved J-8 have become the bottom of the Chinese Air Force, and the number is larger. Then there are the third-generation fighters, which are the top combat power of the Chinese Air Force.

This transitional situation will last for 10 to 20 years. After 20 years, the Chinese Air Force will be dominated by the third-generation fighters.

Buying F14, F15, and F16 fighters alone is far from meeting China's needs, because China needs nearly a thousand third-generation fighters. Now, China needs to spend 30 to 50 billion US dollars just to buy them.

Now China focuses on economic construction, and everything must give way to economic construction.

The annual budget allocated by the state to the military is only about 20 billion.

The military budget approved by the two sessions this year is only 27 billion yuan!

This is not the military expenditure of the Air Force, but the military expenditure of the entire army.

It is estimated that less than 5 billion yuan will be allocated to the Air Force, and the Air Force does not have that much money to purchase American fighters.

In fact, because the price of American fighters has risen too sharply, China has not purchased fighters from the United States for several years.

Independent research and development, this is already a consensus reached above.

Just like tanks and armored vehicles, if they were purchased, China would never be able to build a mechanized force. But it was because Panshan Group could develop advanced tanks and armored vehicles and sell them to the army at a price close to cost that the army was able to build a semi-mechanized force in less than ten years.

Liu Tao accompanied the leader and was still in good health. He came here today to attend the first flight ceremony of the J-10.

Near 9 o'clock, the J-10 fighter finally appeared. The three prototypes were dragged out of the hangar, and then a group of ground crews surrounded it to conduct comprehensive inspections and pre-flight work.

Since the three J-10 fighter prototypes were assembled and rolled off the assembly line, it does not mean that the three prototypes have been staying in the hangar.

During this period, the three prototypes drove out many times for taxiing.

Before the plane, a series of evaluations will be carried out. Only if the evaluation is able to make the first flight can the first flight be carried out.

All the leaders and guests were excited. The J-10 fighter is really beautiful, and it has a sci-fi atmosphere, and it is also very domineering.

The J-10 fighter jet is a real fighter jet, not comparable to the ‘J-7A’ and ‘Eagle’ advanced trainer aircraft.

After careful preparation, the first flight is finally about to begin.

The leader delivered an important speech, affirmed the great progress made in the development of the J-10 fighter jet, and wished the first flight a success.

Other leaders also delivered speeches, with joy in their words.

The J-10 fighter jet is really too important!

China’s sky needs advanced fighter jets to maintain the safety of the airspace.

Without the safety of the airspace, there is no real safety.

And now, the J-10 fighter jet is about to make its first flight. The first flight of the J-10 fighter jet is not far from service.

Afterwards, Song Wencong and others personally signed the release order. With the advice of everyone, the test pilots strode towards the three J-10 fighter prototypes.

After a detailed inspection around the J-10 fighter jet and signing the handover with the ground crew, the three test pilots put on beautiful new helmets and entered the cockpit of the J-10 fighter jet.

This is a single-seat J-10 fighter, and the exact model should be the J-10A fighter!

Later, it was improved on the basis of the J-10A fighter and changed to a two-seat one, which is the J-10B.

Unlike the improved versions of the J-7 and J-8 fighters, which use English serial numbers, the improved version of the J-10 fighter has been confirmed, that is, the letters will be added directly at the end.

This is not the first time for the three test pilots to sit in. They have done taxiing tests many times before.

The J-10 fighter has very good controllability, and they are all very confident.

The three test pilots looked at each other, nodded slightly in tacit understanding, and their eyes were extremely determined.

In the history of aviation development, aircraft performance records and major technological breakthroughs were almost all completed by test pilots first. Any country that wants to build a strong aviation industry cannot do without an excellent team of test pilots.

Since the establishment of the first test flight unit of the Chinese Air Force in 1952, the birth of each new model of China has condensed the hard work of a generation of test pilots. They use their blood, youth and even life to promote the leapfrog development of China's aviation weapons and equipment.

A country without a strong air force is like a house with four walls but no roof.

Previously, Western military experts predicted that "the modernization of the Chinese Air Force is impossible to achieve."

In order to win this honor, China Aviation Industry and Air Force test pilots worked hard to catch up, and now China finally has an advanced third-generation fighter.

This significance exceeds the previous "Eagle" advanced trainer!

They stood out from the test flight missions and were selected as the first batch of J-10 test pilots. It is an honor to serve as the test pilot of the first flight of the J-10 fighter.

Of course, flying a brand-new fighter is very dangerous, and they are risking their lives.

They have families, relatives and friends, wives and children, but for the Chinese aviation industry and the Chinese Air Force, they sacrifice their small families for everyone.

They all reached a consensus yesterday that if something really went wrong, as long as the plane did not explode directly in the air, even if it fell on the runway, they would fly the J-10 fighter prototype back.

Even if it means death!

Looking forward to the women's tennis finals, Zheng Qinwen, come on!