The 39th started from 21041 though
China's transport, tanker & heavy lift aircraft
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A YY-20 refueling J-16s, image courtesy of JMSDF.
And again it is a not yet previously seen one aka no. 20644
By the way, do we finally have a conclusion, on the question, if these YY-20A tanker are all individual aircraft or if they are being renumbered from the first seen 2084x-2094x numbers to know 2054x-2074x numbers?
I've seen so far arguments for both theories? @huitong what is your understanding on this issue?
How close does the JMSDF plane need to be to take this picture ? within 500m ?A YY-20 refueling J-16s, image courtesy of JMSDF.
No way that close. Super telephoto lenses with focus length 300mm or above can easily capture objects a few kilometres away.
What do you think? Foolsball thinks these are actually Y-20Bs at Kaifeng
in PLAAF markings and deployed at frontline operational base.. so this is a confirmed news. Y-20B entered in PLAAF service..
another point, we are entering in 2025 year its already late for WS-20 engine. so this was expected outcome..
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Then I went to Google Earth map looking at the 2024 October 01th satellite photo at Yanliang Xian AVIC factory, and it became clear that the 15 Y20s there are
1. Ten Y20B, using the white spot as identification
2. Four YY20 using the shape of the rear end of sponson as identification, and also lack of the white spot.
3. One yellow skin YY20 also using shape of sponson as identification.
Therefore we can conclude that there are at least 10 Y20B, or if the five Y20B in Kaifeng are different aircraft from those spotted n Yanliang, then there are at least 15 Y20B as at now.
1. Ten Y20B, using the white spot as identification
2. Four YY20 using the shape of the rear end of sponson as identification, and also lack of the white spot.
3. One yellow skin YY20 also using shape of sponson as identification.
Therefore we can conclude that there are at least 10 Y20B, or if the five Y20B in Kaifeng are different aircraft from those spotted n Yanliang, then there are at least 15 Y20B as at now.