Four Y-20s at Beijing International Airport, after having returned from a humanitarian relief mission in earthquake struck Myanmar.
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China's transport, tanker & heavy lift aircraft - esp. Y-20/YY-20
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Four Y-20s at Beijing International Airport, after having returned from a humanitarian relief mission in earthquake struck Myanmar.
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Three Y-20As flying in tandem.
Well, I have to retract my words.
The Guancha Trios concured in an immediate post-076 LHD launch podcast that the C-130J is superior to the Y-9 - That's something that people at Shaanxi AC also agree.
That's among the reasons for - According to the Guancha Trio - The new medium airlifter currently being in the works by Shaanxi AC, i.e. Y-30 (which is, yes, can be seen as an unofficial acknowledgement/confirmation by this point).
【新预警机拷打美军：别用破E-7糊弄我，你的主力E-10在哪里！？-哔哩哔哩】
Not exactly breaking news, by the way.
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bro you think ? PLAAF need Y-30 at this moment when Y-20B entered in serial production.
There is no need of medium lifter aircraft like Y-30.. imo
I don't think there is an immediate need for a Y-30. The Y-8/Y-9 series have served very well with a huge number of specialty aircraft/force multipliers depending on it.
In fact, as a platform for AEW/EW/MPA/etc it is used across a wider range than the C-130 and in greater numbers -- for example, there is no other machine that serves as a base for 60+ AEW aircraft between the KJ-200 and KJ-500.
That said, it makes sense to develop an aircraft like the Y-30 for the future.
In fact, as a platform for AEW/EW/MPA/etc it is used across a wider range than the C-130 and in greater numbers -- for example, there is no other machine that serves as a base for 60+ AEW aircraft between the KJ-200 and KJ-500.
That said, it makes sense to develop an aircraft like the Y-30 for the future.
The Y-9, however evolved, is ultimately derived from the An-12: a legacy Soviet design of the 1950s.
Therefore, it should not surprise anyone that Shaanxi Aircraft Corporation is pursuing a clean sheet successor to what is, at this point, a ~70 year old design.
Moreover, even if the PLAAF and PLANAF were somehow uninterested, there's been growing international demand for medium military transports, and it'd make plenty of sense for AVIC to re-engage that market with a new offering.
Multiple Y-20 flights tracked between China/Pakistan and Egypt today.
