Rank 56 in the Aviation Heroes collection, this print treats the Chengdu J-10A Vigorous Dragon as the indigenous fourth-generation milestone it earned — not as a generic grey jet on white. The 8th Fighter Brigade at Changxing Air Base in Zhejiang Province was among the early PLAAF units to trade J-7 interceptors for the J-10A, bringing a delta-canard airframe, beyond-visual-range PL-12 capability, and a single-engine multirole doctrine into the Eastern Theater Command's Taiwan Strait-facing posture. Here the Vigorous Dragon sits in clean technical profile: canards forward, missiles and tanks on the wings, 1035 on the fuselage, and that unmistakable canard-delta planform collectors spot from across a ramp briefing.