PLA AEW&C, SIGINT, EW and MPA thread

[JimmyMcFoob]

You are all forgetting one big advantage of transport-based turboprops - austere/remote basing. Props can use much shorter runways than jets.

I don't think that's an advantage inherent BECAUSE of turboprops. Aerodynamics and the wing design play a far larger role than engine choice. IIRC the C-17 has a better STOL capability than the far smaller and turboprop Y-9. The only advantage turboprops have in austere basing is less risk of FOD.

 

[ACuriousPLAFan]

A KJ-3000 with #7821 in flight. Posted by @太湖军I名 on Weibo.