A video footage from state-run CCTV Channel 7 today showed J-20 fighters joining the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) with Y-20 transport planes and H-6K bombers.
China has operationalised its first stealth aircraft and tested it in the rugged Tibet region for its endurance in high altitude, a development that will have major implications for India.
A video footage from state-run CCTV Channel 7 today showed J-20 fighters joining the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) with Y-20 transport planes and H-6K bombers.
CCTV did not say how many J-20 fighter jets were serving in the air force, Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post reported today.
J-20 fighters is regarded as major breakthrough for China which is moderninsing its military in a big way.
It is otherwise mostly reliant on Russian aircraft, including advanced versions of Sukoi like the Indian Airforce.
India is yet to have stealth aircraft which can penetrate through enemy radars.
The airing of the video coincides with the current annual session of China's Parliament.
Highlighting J-20 features, an official in the PLAAF told media in Zhuhai last year that "J-20 contains many of China's top technologies in stealth aircraft plus other military secrets."
"The secrets include the J-20's body shape, the proportion of its wing and body and other secrets as aircraft experts can easily calculate its stealth parameters from its exterior," the official was quoted as saying.
However, experts said perhaps a small number of aircraft may have been made ready.
Macau-based military observer Antony Wong Dong said that it was likely that just a small number of J-20 jets had been produced due to engine problems.
"The J-20 has not yet entered mass production progress, and now just a few limited aircraft are able to serve in the air force, similar to the Y-20," he said.
Earlier J-20 which was displayed at China's biggest air show at Zhuhai last November made waves in India when its photographs at an airport in Tibet were published.
But subsequently the Chinese military has discounted, J-20 will be deployed in Tibet along the India-China border.(MORE)
(This article has not been edited by DNA's editorial team and is auto-generated from an agency feed.)
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