Thursday, May 10, 2018
Animated GIF of the day: PLAAF's new helmet-mounted display (HMD) for J-20 pilot
The US F-35 HMD helmet has a price tag of USD400,000, filled with fancy features like a combined noise-canceling headphones, night vision, a forehead-mounted computer, and a projector all into one, while weighting in only 5 lbs. Wonder if PLAAF's new HMD can come close to its US counterpart in term of feature set. Feature comparison aside, one thing close to certain -- the PLAAF won't burn USD400,000 on a helmet.
Wednesday, May 09, 2018
PR photos of the day:Y-20 heavy transport aircraft conducts first airborne, air delivery training
Source
Xinhuanet
Editor
Li Jiayao
Time
2018-05-08
BEIJING, May 8 (Xinhua) -- China's Y-20 heavy transport aircraft has undergone its first airborne and air delivery training, said the Chinese air force on Tuesday.
According to Shen Jinke, spokesperson of the air force, it marked a leap in the air force's strategic delivery and long-distance airborne combat abilities.
The air force is a strategic service, and its strategic capability should be in line with the constantly expanding national interests so it can carry out diverse military missions, said Shen.
The strategic capability of the air force should be able to extend wherever China's national interests reach to provide reliable air security assurance for the country's development, he added.
The Y-20, which joined the People's Liberation Army Air Force in July 2016 and has a maximum takeoff weight of around 200 tonnes, is ideal for transporting cargo and people over long distances in diverse weather conditions.
Wednesday, May 02, 2018
Sunday, April 29, 2018
PLAAF Aerial refueling updates
1. A new KJ-500 AWAC with inflight refueling probe spotted
2. No surprise here -- AVIC is working on an aerial refueling variant of Y-20 transport
2. No surprise here -- AVIC is working on an aerial refueling variant of Y-20 transport
KJ-500 AWAC
Y-20 transport
Friday, April 27, 2018
Wednesday, April 25, 2018
PLAAF Airborne's new assault brigade
12 months after the last great PLA orbat reform, CCTV airs its first report on PLAAF's assault brigade thus confirming its existence. Source (here)
The CMC decommissioned three divisional headquarters (43rd, 44th and
45th) on April 19th, their regiments are now reformed into 6 brigades
(127th, 128th, 130th, 131st, 133rd, and 134th) directly under the corps
headquarters . Additionally, there will be a new SpOps Brigade , a
Strategic Support Brigade (Engineering, Communication, etc) and an
Aviation Brigade(Fixed And Rotary Wing Aircraft) bringing to a total of 9
line brigades.
The 15th ABC's organic helicopter regiment was first revealed during the
2008 Sichuan earthquake rescue work and then by a high profile fly-by
during the 60th national day celebration.
It is now time for the 15th to test its newly found air mobility assault capability in a large military exercise. The advantage of air mobile assault over airdrop are many: ranging from entire unit delivery in one place--which immediately allows combat-readiness, precision resupply landings, to on-station fire support from helicopter gunships. In time, it will be interesting to see if a small portion of the 15th ABC will be converted into air-cavalry to enhance the corps' mission profile.
Airborne troops in training
(Source: China Military Online) 2010-01-18
http://eng.chinamil.com.cn/news-channels/photo-reports/2010-01/18/content_4119686.htm
Air-ground coordination
Since the beginning of the training of the new year, a troop unit of the airborne force under the Air Force of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has organized the comprehensive exercise of live shell, actual-airdrop and actual-explosion strictly in accordance with the new Outline of Military Training and Evaluation. During the exercise, it stressed training on such subjects as command and control, airborne landing and airdrop, fire strike and comprehensive support, in a bid to enhance the core military capability of the troops. Shown in the pictures are some scenes of the troop unit in training.
By Wang Haitao
Editor:Yang Ru
央视网消息：作为国防和军队改革后组建的新质作战力量，日前，组建刚刚一年的空军空降兵某空中突击旅首次亮相练兵场，开展多机型伞降训练和空地协同训练，迈开了由传统伞降部队向多能空中突击部队转型的坚实步伐
Saturday, April 29, 2017
15th Airborne Corps' new ORBAT
Sunday, January 19, 2014
PR Photos of the day: Vertical assault of an PLAAF airborne battalion combined arms battlegroup
Monday, January 18, 2010
15th Airborne Corps (ABC) is testing their vertical envelopment/air mobility capability
It is now time for the 15th to test its newly found air mobility assault capability in a large military exercise. The advantage of air mobile assault over airdrop are many: ranging from entire unit delivery in one place--which immediately allows combat-readiness, precision resupply landings, to on-station fire support from helicopter gunships. In time, it will be interesting to see if a small portion of the 15th ABC will be converted into air-cavalry to enhance the corps' mission profile.
Airborne troops in training
(Source: China Military Online) 2010-01-18
http://eng.chinamil.com.cn/news-channels/photo-reports/2010-01/18/content_4119686.htm
Air-ground coordination
Since the beginning of the training of the new year, a troop unit of the airborne force under the Air Force of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has organized the comprehensive exercise of live shell, actual-airdrop and actual-explosion strictly in accordance with the new Outline of Military Training and Evaluation. During the exercise, it stressed training on such subjects as command and control, airborne landing and airdrop, fire strike and comprehensive support, in a bid to enhance the core military capability of the troops. Shown in the pictures are some scenes of the troop unit in training.
By Wang Haitao
Editor:Yang Ru
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