China air force update

[xinhui]

Recently the China Air-force conducted two "100-bird" drills simultaneously.

The first one is the annual Chinese "Red Flag" confrontation drill Ironic name, isn't it? Once again, both "golden helmet" winners are J-10 drivers.
The exercise was conducted at Dingxin Air Force Test and Training Base with majority of the birds cane from the following regiments

The 1st (J-11B), 4th (J-8DF), 8th (J-10), 42nd (J-7E), 54th (Su-30) and 55th (J-11).

PLA Air Force holds confrontation air-combat testing assessment

(Source: China Military Online) 2012-12-05

More than 100 top pilots from 14 aviation brigades/regiments of the Air Force of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) piloted their fighters to conduct a fierce “air-combat” from November 19 to 30, 2012, at an experimental training base of the PLA Air Force in northwest China, which is the largest confrontation air-combat testing assessment of the PLA Air Force in recent years. (China Military Online/Niu Xinya, Yang Zhanglin and Yu Hongchun)

Editor:Li Meng

[xinhui]

The second was an airlift drill from Chengdu to Southern Tibet.



PLA Air Force holds comprehensive support drill

(Source: Xinhua) 2012-12-06

A comprehensive support experiment drill with multi-types of fighters on the double-runway under information conditions was recently held by the Air Force of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) at an airport in southwest China. Nearly 100 fighters of over 10 different types open the curtain of the base-oriented transformation of the combat support mode of the PLA Air Force.The use of the double-runway airport greatly enhances airport capacity and flight service efficiency. (Xinhua/Peng Guangxian)

Editor:Li Meng