China’s Su-35S fully operational

via Chinese internet THE SUKHOI Su-35S multi-role fighter is now fully operational with the People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF). Photos of the aircraft were published showing it participating in a joint combat exercise in the South China Sea. China ordered 24 Su-35S fighters in November 2015 at a cost of around $2bn. Deliveries to the PLAAF began on December 25, 2016. The first four examples in the initial batch flew from their factory airfield at Komsomolsk-on- Amur to a