Showing posts with label Chengdu Aircraft Corporation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chengdu Aircraft Corporation. Show all posts

Thursday, February 27, 2025

Is Sudan Buying China's J-10CE Fighter Jets?

 BulgarianMilitary.com posted on 24 February 2025 an article titled "Sudan Bets on China's J-10CE Fighter Jets, Some Sources Say" by Boyko Nikolov.

Unverified reports say Sudan is poised to acquire a fleet of Chinese J-10CE "Powerful Dragon" fighter jets along with cutting edge air defense systems.  This plane could transform Sudan's Air Force, which currently relies on aging MiG-29s and limited Chinese FTC-2000Gs, making Sudan a regional contender in the air.  

Tuesday, July 18, 2023

Another Chinese-built Fighter Aircraft Crashes in Nigeria

 Defence Web posted on 17 July 2023 an article titled "Another Nigerian F-7Ni Lost in a Crash" by Guy Martin.  

In 2005, Nigeria purchased twelve F-7Ni single seat fighters and three FT-7Ni dual-seat trainers from China's Chengdu Aircraft Corporation.  Six have been lost in crashes along with three pilots.  Most recently, a two-seat trainer crashed on 14 July.  The two pilots ejected safely.