After a strong earthquake struck western Nepal and caused a large number of people and property losses, two Y-20 large transport aircraft attached to the Chinese PLA Air Force were dispatched to transport emergency humanitarian relief supplies to Nepal on the morning of November 8.
2023-11-09 16:21:40The 5th Air Force International Cadets Week hosted by the Chinese PLA Air Force Engineering University kicked off in Xi'an city on October 23.
2023-10-24 17:52:36Two Y-20 transport aircraft of the PLA Air Force arrived at Herat Airport, Afghanistan, on October 15, carrying humanitarian relief supplies provided by the Chinese government, the Chinese PLA and the Red Cross Society of China.
2023-10-16 17:41:12J-20, J-16 and Y-20 took center stage in the skies as the 26th Changchun Airshow kicked off Wednesday in Changchun City, northeast China. The Y-20 made its debut alongside a formation of four J-20 fighter jets. It was also the first time the Y-20 conducted aerial refueling simultaneously with the J-20 and J-16 aircraft.
2023-07-26 17:27:07The People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) on Monday rehearsed for the opening event of an airshow to be held from July 26 to 30 in Changchun, northeast China's Jilin Province.
2023-07-26 17:24:34The Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) will host aviation open-day activities from July 26 to 30. Xie Peng, the new spokesperson for the Chinese Air Force, introduced some highlights of the event at a press conference held on the morning of July 21.
2023-07-24 23:57:44The People's Liberation Army Air Force will send its best aircraft to perform at an air show in Changchun, capital of Jilin province, according to officers.
2023-07-21 14:40:06The PLA Air Force's pilot recruitment campaign registered a new record in enrollment in 2023. Moreover, the quality of recruitment has also been improved.
2023-07-20 19:15:47Recently, a delegation from the PLA Air Force Medical University arrived in Vientiane, the capital of Laos, and visited Lao Military Hospital 103.
2023-07-12 17:28:37China's air force will showcase weapons and equipment and stage aerobatic shows in Changchun, capital of northeast China's Jilin Province, from July 26 to 30.
2023-06-26 23:33:31The August 1st Aerobatic Team of the PLA Air Force presented an impressive flight performance at the opening ceremony of the 16th Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition, LIMA 2023, on May 23.
2023-05-24 23:07:21The August 1st Air Demonstration Team, China's best-known aerobatic team, has been equipped with J-10C fighter jets and will fly their new planes at a coming exhibition in Malaysia, according to the spokesman for the People's Liberation Army Air Force.
2023-05-16 15:19:08The PLA Air Force's August 1st aerobatics team has been equipped with J-10C fighter jets and will fly them at an international maritime and aerospace exhibition in Malaysia, a military spokesperson said on Tuesday.
2023-05-16 20:06:37At the invitation of the organizer, the guided-missile destroyer Zhanjiang of the PLA Navy and the Bayi Aerobatics Team of the PLA Air Force will go to Malaysia to participate in the 16th LIMA exhibition to be held from May 23 to 27.
2023-05-15 14:47:38The J-10 fighter jet successfully made its maiden flight on March 23, 1998. Over the past 25 years, the J-10 family of aircraft has grown steadily, witnessing many unforgettable moments of the Chinese PLA Air Force.
2023-03-23 18:43:52An aviation regiment under the PLA Southern Theater Command received an order to conduct an aerial refueling mission for fighter jets formation one day.
2023-03-23 10:05:30The PLA Air Force organized a seminar on the development and application of UAVs in Beijing On February 22, with 23 domestic research institutes, military industry groups, civilian universities and private enterprises involved.
2023-02-28 18:14:50Recently, a training base of the PLA Air Force launched a flight training exercise after midnight and at dawn.
2023-01-03 21:00:00The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force displayed an array of its equipment and weapons including aircraft, drones and missiles at the 14th Airshow China in Zhuhai, Guangdong Province.
2022-11-08 20:35:21The 14th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition, or Airshow China 2022, is to be held from November 8 to 13 in Zhuhai, South China's Guangdong Province.
2022-11-07 19:11:30China will recruit 12 to 14 new reserve astronauts for future spaceflight missions, announced the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) Sunday.
2022-10-02 23:49:20Recently, a type of reconnaissance and strike integrated unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) appeared in training conducted by a drone unit of the air force in Northwest China.
2022-09-21 17:53:46On September 11, a regiment of the air force under the PLA Western Theater Command dispatched a helicopter to transport three experts to the epicenter for post-earthquake geological disaster survey.
2022-09-14 11:20:00China's large transport aircraft Y-20, codenamed "Kunpeng," came under the spotlight at the two-day Airpower 2022 in Austria, the largest airshow in Europe.
2022-09-05 16:46:45China has dispatched two Y-20 large transport aircraft of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force on Tuesday carrying some 3,000 tents to aid flood-hit Pakistan.
2022-08-31 09:30:02The People's Liberation Army Air Force Aviation Open-House Activity and the Changchun Air Show kicked off in Changchun, capital of northeast China's Jilin Province, on August 26, and will last until August 30.
2022-08-26 22:52:05The People's Liberation Army Air Force will display its latest addition — the YY-20 large aerial refueling aircraft — during a public event starting on Friday in Changchun, capital of Jilin province.
2022-08-26 09:38:24The PLAAF dispatched Y-20 transport aircraft for the first time on July 31 to send newly-admitted pilot cadets to the Aviation University of Air Force for registration, in an effort to boost their sense of honor and professional pride.
2022-08-03 02:25:17Senior Colonel Shen Jinke, spokesperson for the PLA Air Force (PLAAF) said that the air force's YY-20 refueling aircraft and the J-16 fighter carried out aerial refueling training above the sea recently, which marks an improvement of the combat training level.
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