Time to check in with our old friends at the 2nd "Specialized" Division, PLA Naval Aviation. It now has:
3x Y-8X Maritime Patrol Aircraft
4x Y-8J AWACS aircraft with British GEC-Marconi Argus-2000 radar,
6x KJ200 "Balance Beam" AEW Aircraft
4x Y-8GX8 ELINT Aircraft
1x Y8C Basic Y-8 Transport Aircraft
4x Y-8GX2 ELINT Aircraft
Note that I first blogged this unit 10 years ago (see below) with 6 known birds, it sure has grown a lot since then
Multi-type early warning (EW) aircraft attached to an aviation division
with the navy of the PLA Northern Theater Command sit abreast on the
flightline prior to the round-the-clock flight training on subjects as
the early warning detection, the command and control in late March,
2019. (eng.chinamil.com.cn/Photo by Xing Yun)
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Operators aboard a KJ-200 early warning (EW) aircraft attached to an
aviation division with the navy of the PLA Northern Theater Command keep
eyes on the air situation during the round-the-clock flight training on
subjects as the early warning detection, the command and control in
late March, 2019. (eng.chinamil.com.cn/Photo by Xing Yun)
A KJ-200 airborne early warning (AEW) aircraft attached
to an aviation division with the navy of the PLA Northern Theater
Command flies in the sky during a round-the-clock flight training
exercise in late March, 2019. (eng.chinamil.com.cn/Photo by Xing Yun)
Photos of the day: 4th Air Regiment, 2nd "Specialized" Division, PLA Naval Aviation, patrols during Spring Festival holiday
A KJ-200 airborne early warning (AEW) aircraft attached to a Navy
aviation regiment under the PLA Northern Theater Command the taxies
towards the runway in a military airfield in Jiaodong Peninsula, east
China’s Shandong province during an air patrol mission in the 2018
Spring Festival holiday. (eng.chinamil.com.cn/Photo by Xing Yun)
PLANAF 2nd "Specialized" Division getting three more Y-8GX5 AEW&C birds
Judging from the latest PR release of the PLAN-AF 2nd 'specialized"
division, its fourth regiment is getting at lease three new Y-8GX5
(KJ-200) AEW&C aircrafts
PLANAF 2nd "Specialized" Division
PLANAF 2nd "Specialized" Division, North Sea Fleet, PLA Navy is
headquartered in Dialing with primary focus on ASW, ELINT and other EW
related missions. It was commissioned in April 1952 in Ningbo’s
Zhuang Airport from Army’s 138th Division, 44th Army, 4th Field Army
with Lai Jinhua as its first commander. Its three regiments are: 4th,
5th and the 6th.
PLANAF 4th Specialized Regiment, HQ Shangdong Laiyang Airport
Aircraft Serial Number (93x1)
Known Aircraft
Y8J Airborne Early Warming: 9301, 9311, 9321
Y8GX2 ELINT: 9331, 9341, 9351
9341 took part in the recent Naval Review
1 comment:
These are all aircraft that we don't normally see. Great photos.
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