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SAC J-15

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Single-seat, multirole fighter aircraft.

Lift type

Fixed wing

Construction

Factory-built

Control

Piloted

Engine type

Turbofan

Application

Fighter

Design & construction

Primary structure

Composite

Wing

Composite

Landing gear

Retractable tricycle

Pressurisation

Pressurised

Flight controls

Full FBW digital

Avionics architecture

Integrated glass suite

Environmental control

Engine-bleed air-cycle

Wing position

Mid

Planform

Swept

Tail

Canard

Certification

Military

Minimum crew

Composite fuselage (primary structure) Primary

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Type variants

Variant	Launch / first flight	Production end	Notes
SAC J-15	2006 / 2009		Single-seat variant, with folding wings and retractable in-flight fuelling probe on port side of nose. Includes J-15S (two-seat), J-15T (catapult-capable), and J-15D (redesigned two-seater) variants.

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AVIC Shenyang Aircraft Industries (Group) Company Ltd

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