Chengdu J-20: What You Need To Know About The Mighty Dragon

Red China’s Chengu J-20 Wilng (“Mighty Dragon”; NATO reporting name Fagin, like the dastardly thief from the Charles Dickens “Oliver Twist“) made quite a splash when it made its maiden flight. After all, it was the first non-Western 5th Generation stealth fighter, which gave the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC’s) People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) in relation to Russia, whose Sukhoi Su-57 “Bandit” was three years behind the “Fagin” in attaining official operational status.