GALLERY: J 10 Fighter Plane

The Chengdu J-10 ( simplified Chinese : 歼-10; traditional Chinese : 殲-10; NATO reporting name : Firebird [7] is a lightweight multirole fighter aircraft capable of all-weather operation, configured with a delta wing and canard design, [8] with fly-by-wire flight controls, and produced by the Chengdu Aircraft Corporation (CAC) for the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF).

The J-10 (Jian 10 or Fighter 10) is China’s indigenously built multirole fighter aircraft developed by the Chengdu Aircraft Industry. Chengdu Aircraft Industry is part of the China Aviation Industry Corporation I (AVIC I). In the West the J-10 aircraft is known as the Vigorous Dragon.