By Liu Jimei and Gao Yujiao
刘济美、高玉娇
The International Military Flight Training Conference 2021 hosted by the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) was held in Zhuhai on September 27. Representatives from 49 countries attended the conference by either coming to the conference site or via video link. Twelve Chinese and foreign guests from military and civilian circles made speeches around the theme of “Talent, Innovation, Collaboration, Development”.
9月27日，由中国空军主办的“军事飞行训练国际交流会议·2021”会议在珠海召开， 来自49个国家的代表以现场到会和视频发言的方式参加，12名中外军地嘉宾围绕“人才、创新、合作、发展”主题进行了交流发言。
An official from the PLAAF said at the conference that the air force development and future intelligentized air battles have put forward new requirements for the competence of pilots, and the PLAAF is engaged in forward production of new-type pilots following the guideline that talent cultivation, commanding system and armaments development should proceed in coordination.
会上，中国空军代表表示，中国空军瞄准未来空军建设发展和智能化空战对新型飞行人才能力素质的新需求，按照人才培养与指挥体制、装备建设协调发展的思路，超前培养新型飞行人才。
“Cultivating air force commanders for the era of intelligent air battle will be an important brand-new topic in the development of air force,” said Li Xiaocheng, vice president of Chinese PLA Air Force Command College. According to Li, the simulated training mode will be upgraded from “simulation + network” to “virtual + intelligent”, and the training exercise pattern will be evolved from “life-fire confrontation” to “virtual-real combined intelligent confrontation”, with the training assessment upgraded from “manual-based” to “intelligent-based”.
“面向智能空战时代培养空中指挥员，将是空中力量建设的一个重要的全新课题。”空军指挥学院副院长兼教育长李晓成表示，模拟训练将从“仿真+网络”升级为“虚拟+智能”训练，演习演练将从“实兵+红蓝对抗”升级为“智能+虚实对抗”，训练考核评估将从“人工+智能”升级为“智能+人工”。
“In face of current global and regional security situation, the ever-changing dynamic warfare and new technologies, China and Pakistan, together with their air forces, have maintained close cooperation and supported each other in every operation,” said Air Chief Marshall Zaheer Ahmad Babar Sidhu, chief of Air Staff of Pakistan.
“面对当前全球和地区安全形势、不断变化的动态战争和新技术等其他方面的变化，巴中两国和两国空军始终保持合作，在每一次行动中相互支持。”巴基斯坦空军参谋长巴巴尔上将说。
Hao Jingwen, head of the training bureau under the PLAAF Staff Headquarters, said the PLAAF is upgrading its combat equipment, flight training concept and talent cultivation mode at a faster pace amid the trend of science and technology innovation.
空军参谋部训练局局长郝井文表示，顺应科技创新的发展大势，中国空军正在加快更新战斗装备，加快更新飞行训练理念，加快更新人才培养模式。
Initiated by the PLAAF in 2010, the International Military Flight Training Conference is an international platform for exchange of views and practice on flight talent cultivation and development and collaborated innovation of flight training and aviation equipment. It is held biennially and has been held six times.
“军事飞行训练国际交流会议”是中国空军于2010年打造的一个国际性交流探讨飞行人才培养和航空训练装备发展、协作创新平台，每2年召开一次，迄今已成功举办6届。
