People&#039;s Liberation Army Air Force (China) (Page 2)

Posted on May 15, 2025

New Views Of China’s Next Generation Fighters

Posted on Apr 24, 2025

China Deploys J-10 Fighters To Egypt

By Howard Altman

Updated on Apr 21, 2025

J-50 tailless fighter's canopy seen for first time.

Canopy Seen Clearly On China’s Next Gen Tailless Stealth Fighter For First Time

Posted on Apr 16, 2025

We have gotten our best look so far at China’s enigmatic KJ-700 airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft in service with the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN). This latest addition to China’s rapidly proliferating family of AEW&C platforms remains somewhat mysterious, although multiple accounts suggest that it’s something of a unique ‘dual-mode’ aircraft, combining both airborne radar as well as an array of electro-optical and infrared sensors, likely intended to track stealthy and low-radar-signature targets.

China’s New KJ-700 Multi-Intelligence Radar Plane’s Interesting Features

Posted on Apr 14, 2025

China’s J-36 Tailless Fighter Zips Over Road On Landing Giving Us Our Best Look Yet

Posted on Apr 7, 2025

J-50 images out of china of the new stealth fighter prototype

China’s ‘J-50’ Tailless Stealth Fighter Seen In New Imagery

Posted on Apr 4, 2025

China’s KD-21 air-launched ballistic missile (ALBM), a shadowy weapon that is widely seen as part of the country’s rapidly developing anti-shipping armory, appears to now be in operational service. The missile, carried by the H-6K bomber, made its public debut at Airshow China in Zhuhai in November 2022, but until now had not been confirmed as being carried by aircraft assigned to frontline unit.

China’s KD-21 Air-Launched Ballistic Missile Appears To Be Operational

Posted on Apr 1, 2025

J36 second flight from its base in Chengdu.

China’s J-36 Tailless Stealth Fighter Seen Flying For Second Time

Updated on Mar 17, 2025

China’s Massive WZ-9 Divine Eagle Drone Now Operating From South China Sea Base

By Joseph Trevithick, Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Feb 25, 2025

New imagery has appeared showing the Chinese J-20 stealth fighter carrying external air-to-air missiles, mirroring the so-called ‘beast mode’ that we’ve seen on U.S. fifth-generation fighters.

China’s J-20 Fighter Is Now Flying In ‘Beast Mode’

Updated on Feb 10, 2025

A newly emerged photo of the still-mysterious Chinese tailless combat aircraft, likely from the Shenyang Aircraft Corporation, which first appeared last month, provides a better view of the rear aspect of the jet. This would appear to confirm that the aircraft’s outer wing sections, as we had previously suggested, act as moving control surfaces.

China’s Mysterious Tailless Stealth Fighter Has Swiveling Wingtips

By Thomas Newdick, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jan 27, 2025

Analysis of china's new stealth tailless fighter aircraft

What China’s Next Generation Stealth Jet Reveal Really Means

Posted on Jan 15, 2025

Pictures have emerged of what looks to be the first known example of a new Chinese airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft based on the four-engine Y-20 cargo plane commonly referred to as the KJ-3000.

China’s New Domestically Developed Y-20 Airborne Early Warning Jet Spotted

Posted on Dec 27, 2024

By Thomas Newdick and Tyler Rogoway

China Stuns With Heavy Stealth Tactical Jet’s Sudden Appearance (Updated)

Updated on Dec 26, 2024

It appears that another new Chinese combat aircraft design has entered flight testing. Imagery of the previously unseen aircraft began to circulate on social media today, only a matter of hours after the first appearance of a remarkable diamond-shaped tailless combat aircraft design, thought to be a Chengdu product.

Yes, China Just Flew Another Tailless Next-Generation Stealth Combat Aircraft

Posted on Dec 26, 2024

China’s H-20 Stealth Bomber Unlikely To ‘Debut’ Until 2030s, According To U.S. Intel

Posted on Dec 18, 2024

Visitors view a model of the aviation industry J-35A stealth fighter jet at the 15th China International Aviation and Aerospace Expo in Zhuhai, Guangdong province, China, on November 10, 2024.

New Version Of Chinese PL-15 Air-To-Air Missile Tailored For Stealth Fighters Revealed

Posted on Nov 11, 2024

China’s mysterious CH-7 stealthy flying-wing drone seems to have reappeared, although with a notably different look to it and a very impressive size.

China’s Stealth CH-7 Long-Endurance Drone Emerges

Posted on Nov 8, 2024

A new large jet-powered Chinese armed drone said to have a 10-ton maximum takeoff weight, or a mockup thereof, has emerged, and the design looks to be at least configurable to be a swarm mothership.

New Heavyweight Chinese Jet Drone Looks To Be A Swarm Mothership

Posted on Nov 6, 2024

China’s J-35A Stealth Fighter Officially Breaks Cover

By Thomas Newdick, Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Nov 5, 2024

Popping China's Anti-access bubble with the AIM-174

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How The Navy’s New Very Long-Range AIM-174 Missile Could Pierce China’s Anti-Access Bubble

Posted on Oct 3, 2024

Collins Aerospace has put forward a vision for what a high-end air combat engagement between the U.S. and Chinese armed forces, with the American side employing crewed fighters and Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) drone wingmen, could look like in the future.

What American Fighters And Their Drone Wingmen Fighting Chinese Jets Might Look Like

Posted on Sep 20, 2024

The U.S. Air Force has no plans to acquire stealthy uncrewed combat air vehicles (UCAV) capable of operating with very high degrees of autonomy independently of crewed aircraft, at least in the near term publicly, despite surging Chinese developments in this domain.

No Flying Wing UCAVs Being Developed By U.S. Air Force While China Surges Ahead

Posted on Sep 17, 2024

We have just gotten our clearest view so far of a Chinese J-20 stealth fighter powered by the definitive WS-15 domestically produced engines. While the appearance of the photo at this point raises a number of questions, it’s meanwhile clear that the significant shortcoming of the J-20 — its powerplant — appears to have now been addressed.

Our Best Look Yet At China’s J-20A Fighter With WS-15 Engines

Posted on Sep 9, 2024

Satellite imagery and videos offer new evidence of a surge in the development of the stealthy flying-wing uncrewed combat air vehicles in China, especially with regard to the GJ-11 Sharp Sword.

Chinese Flying Wing UCAV Testing Accelerating Based On Satellite Imagery, Videos

Posted on Sep 5, 2024

Alternatively known as the Y-9LG, the Y-8GX-12 is another ECM version based on the Y-8 Category III Platform. It was first identified in satellite imagery in late 2017. Surprisingly, considering its assumed role, the Y-8GX-12 has a ‘balance beam’ radar antenna above its fuselage, as found on the KJ-200 airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft. It is believed, however, that the radar aboard the Y-8GX-12 is instead used for long-range jamming, using its powerful electronically scanned radar beams to suppress enemy radar signals.

Our Best Look Yet At China’s New Standoff Electronic Warfare Plane

Posted on Aug 30, 2024

Japan reports that a Chinese Y-9Z surveillance aircraft violated its airspace in what it says is the first time such an incident has taken place.

Chinese Electronic Intelligence Plane Makes Unprecedented Incursion Into Japanese Airspace

Posted on Aug 26, 2024

Chinese drone maker Tengden says it has conducted the first flight of a new cargo drone with a multi-metric-ton cargo capacity.

Chinese Cargo Drone Capable Of Carrying Two Tons Has Flown

Posted on Aug 12, 2024

An already massive hangar in northwestern China is now even bigger after receiving a 300-foot-long extension.

China’s Gigantic Secretive Blimp Hangar Has Gotten Even Larger

Posted on Aug 6, 2024

F-15EX and J16, both two seaters, but one uses the second crewman in a different capacity than the traditional weapon system officer role.

By Major Joshua "Soup" Campbell

USAF Should Look At China’s Future Multi-Crew Fighter Model For F-15EX

Posted on Jul 25, 2024

Chinese H-6-series aircraft have flown off the coast of Alaska for what appears to be the first time in an important show of force along with Russian Tu-95 Bear bombers.

Chinese H-6 Missile Carrier Jets Appear For The First Time Off Alaska (Updated)

Posted on Jul 25, 2024

Progressively clearer photos of one of Shenyang’s prototype fighters seems to reveal key features different to those found on the carrier-based J-35, as well as on the earlier FC-31 prototypes. This raises questions about China’s own plans for a potential land-based variant, as well as future export plans, with Pakistan known to have made official plans to acquire a version of the jet.

Land-Based Variant Of China’s J-35 Naval Stealth Fighter Makes Sense

Posted on May 31, 2024

Nearly 50 warplanes, along with ships and assets ashore, took part in the first day of what Chinese authorities have dubbed "punishment" drills encircling Taiwan following the inauguration of the island's latest President.

China’s “Punishment” Drills Around Taiwan: Day One

Posted on May 24, 2024

Footage has been published, apparently for the first time, showing a Chinese H-6 bomber dropping one of the shadowy air-launched ballistic missiles known by the designation 2PZD-21. The missile is part of a growing armory of Chinese aero-ballistic missiles and is widely understood to be a ‘carrier-killer’ weapon designed to be used as part of the country’s anti-access/area denial (A2/AD) strategy. However, many questions remain about the role of the weapon and its capabilities.

China’s H-6K Bomber Seen Firing Air-Launched Ballistic Missile For First Time

Posted on May 1, 2024

China’s H-20 Stealth Bomber “Not Really” A Concern: U.S. Official

Posted on Apr 23, 2024

A picture has emerged purportedly showing a Chinese H-6 bomber carrying a large mystery payload underneath its fuselage.

Black Mystery Craft Spotted Slung Under Chinese H-6 Bomber

Posted on Apr 23, 2024

Chinese Flanker photographed with PL-17 very long-range air-to-air missile

Massive PL-17 Air-To-Air Missile Seen On Chinese J-16 Fighters

Posted on Dec 2, 2023

A People’s Republic of China J-11 pilot executed an unsafe intercept of a U.S. Air Force B-52 aircraft, which was lawfully conducting routine operations over the South China Sea in international airspace.

Chinese Flanker’s “Unsafe” Intercept Seen From B-52’s Sniper Pod

Posted on Oct 26, 2023

Our Best Look At China’s Re-Engined Y-20B Cargo Jet

Posted on Apr 6, 2023

China’s Massive Fleet Of Radar Planes And The Strategy Behind It

By Thomas Newdick, Andreas Rupprecht

Posted on Apr 5, 2023

Tailless Warplane Concept May Provide Clues To China’s Future Fighter Ambitions

Posted on Jan 18, 2023

Our First Full Look At China’s Own ‘Mother Of All Bombs’

Posted on Nov 11, 2022

China’s H-6K Bomber Spotted With New Air-Launched Ballistic Missile

Posted on Nov 3, 2022

China Is Working On Its Own Sixth-Generation Fighter Program: Official

Posted on Sep 28, 2022

Chinese J-15 Fighters Fly Directly Over U.S. Navy Destroyer In New Video

Posted on Sep 26, 2022

Air Force Generals Aren’t “Losing Sleep” Over China’s J-20 Stealth Fighter

Posted on Sep 23, 2022

Mysterious J-20 Fighter-Like Shapes Appear At Remote Chinese Airbase

Updated on Sep 15, 2022

A Guide To China’s Increasingly Impressive Air-To-Air Missile Inventory

Posted on Sep 1, 2022

Do These Models Provide A Glimpse Of China’s Future H-20 Bomber? (Updated)

Posted on Aug 22, 2022

China’s J-10 Fighter Spotted In New ‘Big Spine’ Configuration (Updated)

By Tyler Rogoway, Emma Helfrich

Posted on Jul 19, 2022

First Flight For China’s H-20 Stealth Bomber Could Be Imminent: Report

Posted on Jul 8, 2022

Chinese Fighter’s Decoy Dump In Front Of A P-8 Sets Dangerous New Precedent (Updated)

Posted on Jun 6, 2022

This Is Our Best Look Yet At China’s Air-Launched ‘Carrier Killer’ Missile

Posted on Apr 20, 2022

China’s Y-20 Cargo Jet Has An Upper Passenger Deck That Can Be Installed In Its Hold

Updated on Apr 12, 2022

By Stetson Payne and Tyler Rogoway

Half A Dozen Chinese Y-20 Cargo Jets Popped Up Over Europe Last Night (Updated)

Updated on Apr 10, 2022

Tailless Fighter-Like Airframe Spotted At Chinese Jet Manufacturer’s Test Airfield

Updated on Oct 30, 2021

Chinese Pilots Are Also Dueling With AI Opponents In Simulated Dogfights And Losing: Report

Updated on Jun 18, 2021

16 Chinese Airlifters Made A Run Over The South China Sea At Malaysian Airspace

Updated on Jun 1, 2021

Mysterious Secluded Facility With Large Hangar Emerges At Chinese Bomber Base

Posted on May 19, 2021

Remembering The Time Grumman Helped Craft A Modern Fighter For China

Updated on Apr 30, 2021

Massive New Chinese Military Heliport Taking Shape Right Across From Taiwan

Posted on Mar 18, 2021

Flood Of Chinese Aircraft South Of Taiwan Continues Days After Mock Attack Runs On U.S. Carrier