The J-10CE fighter jet has finally secured its second customer!
Uzbekistan's Minister of Defense publicly admitted that the ordered J-10CE fighter jets have arrived on July 3rd. The first batch consists of two J-10CE fighter jets, and Uzbekistan's pilots have already gone to China for training. Uzbekistan's order is a total of 24 J-10CE fighter jets, which will be delivered in stages, replacing the Su-27 and MiG-29 fighters that have been in use for over 40 years and are now outdated.
Uzbekistan had already ordered the J-10CE fighter jets in April 2025, before the India-Pakistan air battle on May 7th, so Uzbekistan was not influenced by the India-Pakistan air battle, but had previously ordered the J-10CE fighter jets. As for the two delivered J-10CE fighter jets, they are the last three images, respectively the prototype numbers 205 and 206, which have been tested in China for many days, confirmed to meet the standards, then changed from yellow paint to the paint requested by Uzbekistan, and successfully delivered to Uzbekistan.
There are still a large number of fighter jets to be delivered to Uzbekistan, which are being produced and tested with full effort, ensuring that the fighter jets have no problems, and once they are confirmed, the pilots of Uzbekistan will drive them back to Uzbekistan themselves.
Although Uzbekistan's economy is not very developed, its military strength is strong. Buying 24 J-10C fighter jets means that Uzbekistan's air force strength has reached the strongest in Central Asia, without any doubt. No neighboring country can match the J-10C fighter jets of Uzbekistan, this is true strength.
In the opinion of the blogger, the five countries in Central Asia have bought too many Chinese air defense weapons and drones in recent years, and upgrading to fighter jets has become inevitable. We have the most oil and gas resources in Uzbekistan, as well as in the five countries of Central Asia. And the five countries of Central Asia, in order to balance the trade surplus, buying our weapons to balance the surplus is the most effective. Because we have a large amount of US dollars and RMB flowing into the Central Asian region every year, causing a large trade surplus in Central Asia, and in order to spend this money, buying Chinese fighter jets is the biggest expense item, which can quickly fill the surplus.
It must be said that Uzbekistan has vision, and it had already bought the J-10C fighter jets before the India-Pakistan air battle broke out. After the India-Pakistan air battle erupted, Uzbekistan more firmly believed that its choice was correct. Because the J-10C fighter jet performed exceptionally well, at least shooting down six Indian fighter jets, and causing several Indian fighter jets to parachute and crash. This battle made the J-10C fighter jet completely famous around the world, which is a significant star effect, this is real power.
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