China’s J-20 Stealth Fighter Has a Lesson for the U.S. Air Force’s F-22 and F-35 Stealth Fighters

China’s J-20 Stealth Fighter Has a Lesson for the U.S. Air Force’s F-22 and F-35 Stealth Fighters

In 2011, the Chengdu J-20 Mighty Dragon made its first flight. Years later, the aircraft officially entered service with the Chinese military, cementing the CCP as the second country in the world to field a domestically built fifth-generation stealth fighter. The introduction of the J-20 was a shock to the U.S., which had long enjoyed a monopoly on stealth aircraft. The introduction of the aircraft, along with China’s other advances in its aeros…