That’s good news. A good replacement for the older AN-12’s still in service.

“The 13 aircraft are expected to be built using Ukrainian, U.S., and European components, replacing parts previously provided by Russia.”

Does anyone know what components will be American and European made ?

Could be a large UCAV or small scale demonstrator aircraft for a future bomber

not sure if this is real can anyone confirm ?

So if things get nasty between Ukraine and Russia following the referendum I assume that the AN-70 project is dead right ?

That aircraft could have a lot of export potential….

does this prototype have a new sensor under the nose ?

BTW does anyone know the story behind this mockup ?

Thanks for your insight! It leaves me with a lot more questions, but I don’t reckon those can be answered without more detailed information.

Is it possible that the Russians may have sold them the technical design data of the Mig 1.44 ? We know that the J-10 bears a strong Lavi influences, the Z-10 received design help from Kamov. Could the J-20 design have some Russian influence ?

Just wanted to ask a quick question, is the Z-19 entering service with the PLA or is it an export only product ?

My guess is that given the fact that countries like the US, the UK and France are more open and provide more access to journalists and countries like China and many non democratic regimes do not, we tend to see a disproportional amount of articles from these nations. Look at how Russia and China kept the development of their stealth fighters secret right up until their first flights. Or maybe the average reader dosen’t care about the air force of some third world backwater.

I am really getting tired of all these damn f-35 articles. All right all right I get it the airplane is over schedule and over budget 😡

I for one would love to see a detailed article on the North Korean air force, but good luck researching that !!!