DefenceTalkThe latest prototype of the Chengdu J-20, China’s fifth-generation stealth fighter, with the temporary tail number “2016” has begun taxiing tests recently, according to Sina’s military news web portal. There are at present seven prototypes of the aircraft, which had its maiden test flight in early 2011. The main mission of the prototype with the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/new-j-20-stealth-fighter-prototype-undergoes-flight-tests-65406/

DefenceTalkThe previous F-35 Flight Test Update concluded with F-35A test aircraft AF-3 completing 500 flight hours on 18 March 2013, making AF-3 the second mission systems test Lightning II to reach this milestone. This fourteenth installment in the series of F-35 flight testing reviews presents a large variety of additional milestones for the F-35 test […]https://www.defencetalk.com/f-35-lightning-ii-flight-test-update-14-62062/