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The US Air Force is losing ground to Russia and China

Edit Business Insider 05 Mar 2016
See Also. The Air Force’s top general is warning Congress that one day soon the U.S ... In two Capitol Hill appearances this week, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen ... Today, the U.S ... Besides the number of jets, China’s People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) today boasts 325,000 personnel, slightly more than the U.S., Beijing is rolling out new fighter variants and other advanced weaponry regularly, the four-star warned ... ....

South China Sea face off: The mystery of Woody Island

Edit Asia Times 24 Feb 2016
A single report that the PRC had deployed surface-to-air missiles in the South China Sea created quite the media firestorm ... What you see from the commercial imagery is fuzzy boxes ... Gen ... It’s considered a key element in extending PLAAF jet fighter coverage further into the South China Sea than can be achieved from Hainan Island, and the runaway expansion was widely reported as enabling rotation of more sophisticated military aircraft....

China’s not-so-wonderful weapons

Edit Asia Times 23 Feb 2016
For the past 15 or 20 years, China been engaged in a concerted effort to modernize and upgrade its military ... China WS-10 Taihang engine ... Consequently, most modern aircraft in the PLA Air Force (PLAAF) are powered by foreign-supplied engines, mostly from Russia or Ukraine. Engine trouble ... J-31 fighter ... It is telling, too, that the PLAAF, seems uninterested so far in acquiring the J-31, an indicator perhaps of its capabilities and quality ... ....

China to get Russia’s lethal Su-35 fighter this year

Edit Asia Times 20 Jan 2016
China’s People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) will start receiving its first Sukhoi Su-35 Flanker-E fighters from Russia later this year ... While the addition of the Su-35 will boost Chinese capabilities while the PLAAF waits for its ......

All the president’s men: Xi Jinping earmarks top brass for overhaul of Chinese military

Edit South China Morning Post 30 Dec 2015
President Xi Jinping (習近平) has earmarked four of the five commanders to head the country’s new military zones, according to a source familiar with matter ... The reforms also include cutting about 300,000 personnel ... READ MORE - PLA to announce overhaul. five ‘strategic zones’ will replace regional commands, most army HQ to be scrapped ... He graduated from then PLA Air Force Second Aviation College in Baoding (now PLAAF Aviation University) ... ....

China’s Pivot to the Sea: The Modernizing PLA Navy (The Heritage Foundation)

Edit Public Technologies 17 Dec 2015
The modernization of the PLAN, the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF), and the Second Artillery (the entity responsible for China's missile forces) means that the PLAN can both seek to establish control of the waters out to the first island chain and engage in sea-denial operations ... The combination of PLAAF, Second Artillery, and Naval ......

Get ready, Japan: China’s ‘cruise missile carriers’ go on patrol

Edit Asia Times 02 Dec 2015
The Chinese People’s Liberation Army Air Force’s (PLAAF) bomber force recently conducted exercises beyond “the first island chain” according to the Chinese defense ministry. PLAAF Xian H-6M bomber ... 27, 2015, according to PLAAF spokesman Shen Jinke. In addition to the bombers, the PLAAF sent fighters and airborne early warning aircraft over the area....

PAF INTERNATIONAL AIR EXERCISE “TUSAP RAIDERS” CONCLUDES (PAF - Pakistan Air Force)

Edit Public Technologies 18 Oct 2015
(Source. PAF - Pakistan Air Force) 62412ab6cf9ee542a94f77.pdf. PAF INTERNATIONAL AIR EXERCISE 'TUSAP RAIDERS' CONCLUDES. Islamabad 18 October, 2015 ... Pakistan Air Force has been participating in number of International Air Exercises with some of the best Air Forces of the world, including United States Air Force (USAF), Italian Air Force, Turkish Air Force (TuAF), PLAAF (Chinese Air Force) and Air Forces of other allied countries ... (noodl....

Chinese Bomber Can Now Launch Long-Range Strikes

Edit Sputnik 17 Oct 2015
The People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) has revealed its long-range precision strike capabilities. Beijing’s H-6K bomber can strike distant targets with precise ammunition, according to Chinese media ... ....

PLAAF sorties have gone up, says Raha

Edit Deccan Chronicle 04 Oct 2015
When asked about the increasing Chinese PLAAF sorties over the Tibet region bordering India, the IAF chief Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha said it was true that the ......

Pak-China joint air exercise concludes

Edit Dawn 03 Oct 2015
The air exercise, ‘Shaheen IV’, was conducted in China with the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) and Peoples Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) taking an active part ... PAF's Air Vice Marshal Mujahid Anwar Khan and PLAAF's Lieutenant-General Zheng Qun Liang, ......

China air force becoming more "strategic": spokesperson

Edit Deccan Chronicle 10 Sep 2015
Shen Jinke, spokesperson of the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF), said the air force is a strategic armed force and plays a vital role in national security and ......

Military parade to lift curtain on China's 'game-changing' missiles, fighter fleet

Edit CNN 31 Aug 2015
This balance is expected to enable the PLAAF to drive and support operations further away from China's borders in line with strategic objectives articulated in the May 2015 Defense White Paper....
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