Staying at home as much as possible during the COVID-19 pandemic, I had nothing better to do than restore some old photos.

Today, here are a few shots of the J-10B fighter from the Zhuhai Airshow.

The J-10 (designation J-10; official Chinese name: Meng Long; NATO reporting name: Firebird) is a single-engine, all-weather, multirole fourth-generation fighter featuring a canard aerodynamic layout. It was developed and produced by the Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group for the People's Liberation Army Air Force.

The J-10 utilizes a close-coupled canard layout with delta wings and delta canards. The main wing is a mid-mounted delta wing equipped with maneuvering leading-edge flaps. The cropped delta canards are located on the fuselage above the air intake. A rectangular air intake with a boundary layer splitter is situated on the ventral side of the fuselage. The aircraft features a bubble canopy, a smooth transition between the wing and fuselage, and a rear fuselage that houses the engine. It employs a single vertical tail stabilizer and two smaller, outward-angled ventral fins.

The J-10 employs a relaxed static stability design, where the primary control surfaces are managed by an automatic and integrated full-authority digital fly-by-wire system.

The J-10 is the first fighter manufactured in China to make extensive use of composite materials. Composites are used in the equipment bay on both sides of the nose, the canards, flaperons, vertical tail, ventral fins, and the engine exhaust nozzle.

The J-10 is the second fighter in the Chinese Air Force to possess aerial refueling capabilities, following the J-8D.

The J-10B is the third derivative based on the J-10A. In terms of appearance, the J-10B’s major improvements over the J-10A include a reshaped radome, changing the original nose cone to an oblate cone type; An Electro-Optical Targeting System (EOTS) is installed in front of the cockpit, equipped internally with an Infra-Red Search and Track (IRST) system and a laser rangefinder; It is equipped with a DSI (Diverterless Supersonic Inlet) intake; The vertical tail and flaps have also been correspondingly enlarged.