China's transport, tanker & heavy lift aircraft

Very high-resolution versions of previously shared images. Pardon the large dimensions, but the occasion deserves an exception, and the file sizes are actually fairly modest.

Midair refueling.

Does China has anything similar to this?

The Y-8s, Y-9s and Y-20s are perfectly suitable for such kinds of tasks.

Y-20U tanker footage on Youtube.

At yesterday's press conference, Air Force spokesman Shen Jinke said, "The YU-20 is a new generation of Chinese air refueling equipment that can effectively enhance the long-range mobility of the air force and can undertake the same air delivery tasks as the Y-20."

When is the WS20 going to be ready?

kwaigonegin said:

When is the WS20 going to be ready?

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All newly built Y-20 has WS-20. So we probably going to see it as soon as the current batch entered service.

China Daily refers to it as the 'YY-20' and not 'Y-20U'

运油-20，in Romanized pinyin Chinese = Yun You-20 (= YY-20), this is official designation in Chinise language though in English it may be different.

Since H-6U is considered as the "official" designation in Romanized letters, 运油-20 would be more appropriate be written as Y-20U instead of YY-20.

On the other hand, are we affirmative that H-6U is the confirmed official designation and not a designation given by China military watchers?