China's People's Liberation Army Air Force recently conducted combat training involving three types of its most advanced fighter jets, carrying air-to-air missiles.
2018-06-03 20:46The PLA air force on Wednesday began its regular annual combat exercise in the country's northwest desert.
2018-05-24 08:16The PLA Air Force landed its H-6K bomber aircraft on an airport in the South China Sea during a recent exercise, marking the first time Chinese bombers have used an airport in the region.
2018-05-21 08:25China's domestic Z-19E armed helicopter has completed firing flight tests, its developer the state-owned Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) said Wednesday.
2018-05-17 10:01The People's Liberation Army (PLA) air force conducted patrol training over China's island of Taiwan on Friday.
2018-05-11 22:11A Chinese PLA air force formation conducted island patrols on Friday, flying over the Bashi Channel, according to an air force spokesperson.
2018-05-11 14:44China's J-20 stealth fighter jets have begun their first-ever combat training over the ocean, a spokesperson confirmed Wednesday.
2018-05-09 21:27China is likely to soon unveil one of its most anticipated weapons — a new-generation long-range bomber, aviation industry observers said amid disclosure of the plane's appearance by its developer on Tuesday.
2018-05-09 10:50China's Y-20 heavy transport aircraft has undergone its first airborne and air delivery training, said the Chinese air force on Tuesday.
2018-05-08 22:01The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) air force on Saturday released a promotional video and commemorative envelopes, recapping its recent flights over China's island of Taiwan.
2018-04-28 22:03The PLA Air Force has sent warplanes for the second time in a week to patrol around the island of Taiwan in a gesture to deter "Taiwan independence" forces and show the Chinese mainland's resolution to safeguard sovereignty.
2018-04-27 08:45A Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA)air force formation conducted island patrols during training on Thursday morning.
2018-04-26 21:38The PLA Air Force kicked off Wednesday its annual competitive assessment codenamed Golden Dart---2018 in northeast China. Over 200 fighter jet pilots from dozens of air force combat units will compete for the "Golden Dart" award.
2018-04-19 17:39An aviation brigade of the People's Liberation Army Ground Force held a live-fire exercise off the country's southeastern coast on Wednesday, according to a statement from the PLA Ground Force.
2018-04-19 16:05Air unit of the PLA ground force Wednesday held a live-fire exercise off the southeast coast, military authorities said Thursday
2018-04-19 09:34China's new multi-role fighter jet J-10C began combat duty Monday, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) air force announced.
2018-04-17 10:41China's new J-10C fighter jets have been put into service, which marks an improvement in the combat capabilities and defense of the Air Force of the PLA, the Air Force announced in a statement on Monday.
2018-04-16 14:36The Chinese air force has donated 15 million yuan (2.39 million U.S. dollars) to the China Children and Teenagers' Fund.
2018-04-15 00:52A symposium was held Tuesday in Beijing to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Zhang Tingfa, former commander of Chinese PLA Air Force.
2018-04-11 10:54A brigade from the PLA air force successfully hit all targets with four rocket-propelled grenades after it conducted its first live-fire drill on a plateau.
2018-04-10 08:50The PLA Air Force will conduct the 182-day high altitude live-ammunition training in the target area of Daguan Lake from Mar. 3 to Aug. 31, 2018.
2018-04-04 16:47China's air force has grown stronger in combat capability and will reinforce its military presence in both the high seas and the air, a Chinese military commentator said on Sunday after the air force released a video promoting its H-6K bomber.
2018-04-01 22:38A division of the Chinese PLA Air Force dispatched 12 H-6K bombers to carry out actual combat military training recently. Some analysts believe that the Chinese PLA Air Force undoubtedly aims to send a strong signal to the outside world by the news releases.
2018-03-29 09:11China’s stealth fifth-generation fighters J-20 are ready for combat at any time, said Yang Wei, academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences and chief designer of the aircraft.
2018-03-28 08:34The PLA Air Force Harbin Flight Academy recently conducted the stall and spin recovery training with their JL-8 fighter trainer airplanes.
2018-03-27 17:59The People's Liberation Army Air Force recently conducted combat exercises over the western Pacific Ocean and South China Sea, according to its spokesman, Senior Colonel Shen Jinke.
2018-03-26 08:27President Xi Jinping, also chairman of the Central Military Commission, said a modern combat system with Chinese characteristics should be established to safeguard national security.
2018-03-26 08:30The People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force recently conducted a high-sea training mission in the West Pacific and a joint combat patrol mission in the South China Sea, an air force spokesperson confirmed Sunday.
2018-03-25 21:18An air force Y-9 transport aircraft sent by the PLA Western Theater Command successfully transferred an officer in critical conditions from Lhasa, Tibet, to Chengdu. This is the first time that the PLA has used a Y-9 transport aircraft for air medical rescue.
2018-03-21 00:14Seventeen female pilot cadets studying in the PLA Air Force Harbin Flight Academy started to receive night flight training on advanced trainer aircraft last Thursday.
2018-03-19 17:32Chinese People's Liberation Army air force on Monday released its latest promotional video, looking back on its accomplishments over the past five years.
2018-03-13 08:33The PLA Air Force (PLAAF) kicked off the pilot recruitment for 2018 on Monday by setting up stations in eight cities where over 13,000 junior and senior high school graduates and graduates of military academies will participate in pilot candidates selection examinations.
2018-03-07 17:06The Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) released the video and commemorative envelopes of the J-16 fighter bomber, the J-20 stealth fighter jet and the J-10C fighter jet on Wednesday.
2018-03-01 17:26Latest news of China's Su-35 fighter jets' participating in a joint combat patrol mission in the South China Sea and J-20 stealth fighter jets' entering into combat service have sparked heated discussion before the Chinese New Year.
2018-02-12 17:49China's Su-35 fighter jets for a joint combat patrol mission in the South China Sea area and its latest J-20 stealth fighters' commission in combat service will maintain airspace safety in the new era, a military expert said Saturday.
2018-02-11 08:09China's latest J-20 stealth fighter has been commissioned into the air force's combat service, a spokesperson confirmed Friday.
2018-02-09 17:52Chinese jet fighters have been sent to the South China Sea, the People's Liberation Army Air Force announced on Wednesday in a move that a retired major general said could be a reaction to provocation by the US in January.
2018-02-07 20:06Pilot cadets of the PLA Air Force Harbin Flight Academy received their first free air combat training in a temperature of minus 20 degrees Celsius on Jan 30.
2018-02-06 15:27A ceremony was held Sunday at a military base in southwest China's Guizhou Province to mourn the air force servicemen who lost their lives in a recent military plane crash.
2018-02-04 20:37A military plane of the People's Liberation Army air force crashed in southwest China's Guizhou Province during a training session Monday. Rescue operation is underway.
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