Even with the F-15s the WZ-7 can fly higher than its operational ceiling. This picture was apparently taken from below the WZ-7. Also Japan's F-15s are really old I doubt they can still fly to their operational ceiling now, or, even if they could, how long they could stay at that height without breaking up into pieces mid-air.
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What is WZ-7's ceiling, and how does altitude affect the structural integrity of a fighter's fuselage?
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AssassinsMace
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Contrails happen at minimum around the 25,000 ft level.
by78
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It has more to do with the temperature of ambient air. A plane taking off in Siberian winter may leave contrails before it even leaves the runway.
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AssassinsMace
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I had contrails behind my car today but disappeared after a few feet. Contrails lasting for miles much colder at those levels and much more consistent. That WZ-7 was probably between 25,000 to 40,000 ft.
CH-4s of the 82nd Group Army.
On Twitter there is some confusion, since that clip allegedly mentions both a unit in the ETC but also the 82nd GA, which however is in the CTC?
Do you know more?
by78
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I don't have access to the clip. However, the captions in the images transcribe the words spoken by a brigade commander of the 82n Group Army.
Indeed I mixed up a few thinks ... a video that was talking about a coordination of PLA Army units from the 82nd GA and Air Force (?) units and this one:
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