Tag: People’s Liberation Army Air Force
Listening, Watching, Gathering – Chinese EW Comes of Age
China’s special mission aircraft are maturing intelligence gathering assets that are gaining data on tactics, techniques and procedures of those opponents that may be...
Air Force Modernisation Gathers Pace
China’s continuing threat to Taiwan and its pressure on islands in the South China Sea, plus North Korea’s long-range missile threats to South Korea...
China hints at indigenous engine breakthrough for J-20
Unverified imagery being circulated on Chinese social media have indicated that aerospace prime Chengdu Aircraft Industries Company (CAC) have successfully test-flown a new variant...
AVIC reveals “all composite” Wing Loong-1E UAV
The state-owned aerospace and defence company Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) has announced the maiden flight of its latest medium altitude long endurance...
China debuts Y-20U aerial tanker in latest Taiwan ADIZ buzz
Taiwan’s defence ministry announced on 28 November that the Republic of China Air Force (RoCAF) had scrambled its fighter jets to warn off a...
Chinese Air Force Spreads New Wings
China’s military aviation industry has moved on from reverse engineering to indigenous design and development.
Chinese airpower took centre stage in the Asia Pacific in...
China flexes strategic airlift muscles near Malaysia
China has dispatched 16 Ilyushin Il-76 and Xi’an Y-20 heavy transport aircraft to the vicinity of Malaysia-administered shoals in the South China Sea as...
China set to introduce new Y-20 variants
The People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) is set to field two new variants of the Y-20 strategic airlifter, PLA and industry officials have...
David versus Goliath
The Republic of China Air Force (ROCAF), as part of that country’s armed forces, faces a nearly impossible primary mission on paper, to defend...
