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Reports have circulated online that a mockup of China's J-35 carrier-capable fighter aircraft was being employed in tests aboard the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) aircraft carrier Liaoning.

The F-22 is no longer the only fifth-generation stealth fighter in the skies. Russia’s Su-57 and China’s Chengdu J-20 are currently in service, posing direct threats to America’s once-stealth fighter advantage.

The Aggressor Force at Nellis Air Force Base includes some especially tough customers. The aggressors will fly stealthy F-35A fighters that simulate a difficult-to-kill enemy.

The F-15J made her maiden flight on 4 June 1980 and officially entered into operational service with JASDF on 7 December 1981, thus replacing the F-104 Starfighter as Japan’s primary fighter plane.

It would break historical pattern, but it may not be outlandish as you think.

A recent report about a senior U.S. military officer who publicly stated that the much-feared, much-vaunted J-20 ain’t all it’s cracked up to be is making waves. 

While China has the J-20 Mighty Dragon fighter with stealth characteristics, it will be the J-10 that China depends on as the focal point of its air force. 

The J-20 is faster than the F-35 but the Lightning II has a lower radar cross-section. The J-20 does not have a cannon, which could mean that designers did not envision it as a dogfighting machine.

Here’s how these fighters would likely perform, ranked from worst to first.

Though the Chinese J-20  and Russian Su-57 aircraft are likely highly-capable warbirds, some U.S. aviation experts have suggested they shouldn't rightfully be considered "fifth-generation."