Shenyang J-16

Overview

The Shenyang J-16 (Chinese: 歼-16; pinyin: Jiān-Shíliù), also known as Qianlong (Chinese: 潜龙; pinyin: Qián Lóng; lit. 'Hidden Dragon', NATO reporting name: Flanker-N) is a Chinese all-weather 4.5 generation, tandem-seat, twin-engine, multirole strike fighter built by Shenyang Aircraft Corporation and operated by the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF). It is developed from the Shenyang J-11, the licensed production variant of the Russian Sukhoi Su-27. Its design is based on Su-30MKK.