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PLA AEW&C, SIGINT, EW and MPA thread
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Pictures released recently seem to indicate a 10-hour patrol by a KQ-200 / Y-8GX-6 ASW plane assigned to 1st Naval Air Division with the number 82014 (original note: A Y-8 ASW aircraft attached to a naval aviation division under the PLA Eastern Theater Command is in a maritime patrol during a round-the-clock flight training exercise in mid-December, 2020. Photo by Guo Yunbo).
Takeoff (with taxi lights on) at dawn around 7 AM:
Landing (full flaps deployed) before sunset around 5 PM:
Takeoff (with taxi lights on) at dawn around 7 AM:
Landing (full flaps deployed) before sunset around 5 PM:
Yes, it is the new SATCOM retrofitted to No. 82014 in the past year or so. The picture below taken by the Japanese airforce back in 2019 indicates no radome on the same plane.
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Hendrik_2000
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With large number of KQ200 entering service, operator training is a challenge Here is a video showing the training of ASW operator
Go straight to the training ground: Forge the sea and air to win the iron fist! The Chinese naval air force flies into the battle. |Military fan world
Go straight to the training ground: Forge the sea and air to win the iron fist! The Chinese naval air force flies into the battle. |Military fan world
This time, the number is veiled on the GX-8 ELINT aircraft:
Original note: A reconnaissance plane attached to a naval aviation unit under the PLA Northern Theater Command prepares to taxi down the runway during a round-the-clock flight training exercise in late December, 2020. (eng.chinamil.com.cn/Photo by Xing Yun)
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