PLA AEW&C, SIGINT, EW and MPA thread

[KIENCHIN]

Thats a long boom...! Must be really hard while taking off and landing to avoid a tailstrike.

Certainly no short take off or landing.

 

[Bhurki]

Certainly no short take off or landing.

The length from rear wheels to tip of boom seems to be about 90 ft and height about 18 ft , that gives tailstrike pitch of rotation about 11°. I'd say they have to be quite cautious with that thing. Normal airliners rotate at about 8-11° with ample clearance.

 

[by78]

Is it fixed Or retractable?

Oh it's fixed.

 

[by78]

A couple of more images. Decent resolution...

 

[by78]

One more...

(1500 x 942)

 

[by78]

Re-posting old images that have been lost... All photos are high-resolution.

 

[by78]

Continued...

 

[Hendrik_2000]

AWACS and MPA from the Chinese navy, including a Y-8Q registered 82035 that is to be based at Lingshui in southern China, were sighted near Suizhong in Bohai Bay in the north.

 

[by78]

One more magazine scan...

(1527 x 1080)

 

[Deino]

Impressive images taken by Cook Lee during the rehearsals for the 1st Oct. parade. Quite interesting, these two Naval Aviation aircraft - a KJ-200H/Y-8W and a Y-8GX-8/Y-9JZ - both assigned to the 2nd NAD/NTC have introduced a prominent PLAN flag + title and individual numbers.

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