DefenceTalkA fast-flying, heavy strategic aircraft is needed and long overdue, defense experts say. “Please try your best to develop new bomber aircraft.” That was the last wish of the dying Lieutenant General Liu Yudi, 92, a flying ace from the Korean War and a former senior officer of the People’s Liberation Army air force. Lying […]https://www.defencetalk.com/long-range-bomber-may-be-in-chinas-plans-64816/

DefenceTalkOver 130 aircraft of various types will participate in the 10th China International Aviation & Aerospace Exhibition to be unveiled on November 11, 2014 in Zhuhai of south China’s Guangdong province, and the J-31 stealth fighter will also appear in Zhuhai and conduct a demonstration flight, according to Nanfang Daily. The J-31 stealth fighter is […]https://www.defencetalk.com/j-31-stealth-fighter-to-appear-at-zhuhai-air-show-60839/

DefenceTalkA free air-combat confrontation drill between an aviation detachment equipped with several fighters assigned by the aviation unit under the East China Sea Fleet of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) and a troop unit under the PLA Air Force (PLAAF) will be conducted, the first of its kind in the history of aviation […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-navy-air-force-to-conduct-free-air-combat-confrontation-drill-60397/

DefenceTalkU.S. intelligence officials visiting Capitol Hill today reported to the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission on the steady progress made by the People’s Liberation Army Air Force and the implications of that development to the United States. Donald L. Fuell, National Air and Space Intelligence Center force modernization and employment technical director at Wright-Patterson […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-official-discusses-chinese-air-force-missile-trends-50228/

DefenceTalkAn advanced fighter concept (AFC) model launched by the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) made its debut at the 15th Beijing Aviation Exhibition unveiled yesterday at the China National Convention Center in Beijing. In the series of fighters developed by AVIC, the AFC model, which made its debut at the Beijing Aviation Exhibition, is […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-advanced-fighter-concept-model-makes-debut-at-beijing-aviation-expo-49204/