The US military reluctantly admitted that the Chinese Air Force's combat capabilities have surpassed the US Air Force. The annual production capacity of the J-20 is already over 120 aircraft per year, and this has enraged American media: spending 2.5 billion dollars, the US Air Force F-15EX has an annual production capacity of 0!
The US military official reluctantly admitted that the Chinese Air Force has completely surpassed the US Air Force in both the quality of fighter jets and the flight hours of pilots. The combat capability of the US Air Force is far behind that of the Chinese Air Force.
It's no wonder the US military admitted that the number of F-35A purchased by the US Air Force in 2026 is only 24 aircraft. It's not that the US Air Force doesn't want to buy more, but there are really too many problems with the F-35A. The engine fuel lines have problems, the intelligent sensing system has design flaws, and the readiness capability has not met the standards.
In recent years, the frequency of crashes of the F-35 series aircraft has made the US military a global joke. Except for the F-35A, the only other fourth-and-a-half-generation aircraft that the US Air Force can still purchase is the F-15EX.
However, the F-15EX has cost about 2.5 billion dollars, and Boeing has only produced 9 aircraft in six years, including prototype aircraft. Boeing can't even produce one aircraft per year now, which has directly enraged the American media: spending 2.5 billion dollars, the annual production capacity is 0.
The US Air Force currently has 1,600 fighter jets, including more than 1,000 F-15 and F-16 series aircraft, which are severely aged and facing retirement. US Air Force pilots are also worried about whether they will crash while flying.
Look at the Chinese Air Force now. China has already stopped producing the J-10C, and the three "air force knights" have now become the J-20, J-35A, and J-16. The annual production capacity of these three aircraft has reached 300 units directly.
How can the US military compare? The current US military is almost in a state of collapse. Spending so much money, it has neither the production capacity nor the quality of the aircraft produced, which have various problems.
Moreover, this is just a comparison from the perspective of fighter jets. If you take into account early warning aircraft and air-to-air missiles, the US Air Force would be even more distressed.
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