Jan 2, 2025 · Imagery of two new, tailless Chinese military aircraft disseminated on social media last week likely reveals a prototype stealth medium bomber and a new lambda-winged technology demonstrator, aerospace experts and former Air Force officials told Air & Space Forces Magazine.

The Lockheed Martin FB-22 was a proposed supersonic stealth bomber aircraft for the United States Air Force, derived from the F-22 Raptor air superiority fighter.

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The PLAAF variant was conceived as an all-weather, long-range bomber/strike aircraft, with a two-seat, tandem cockpit, electronic countermeasures (ECM), and terrain following capabilities (similar to the General Dynamics F-111). The naval version differed in that it was conceived as a dedicated reconnaissance/strike aircraft.

Apr 24, 2007 · The Su-27SK was chosen to become not only the PLAAF’s first modern air superiority fighter but also a genuine heavy fighter capable of countering the US F-14 and F-15. An initial contract signed in 1991 was complemented by two additional orders in 1996 and 2000.

Apr 4, 2024 · The Gyrfalcon will be the PLAAF’s second fifth-generation platform, a more maneuverable medium-size multirole fighter, capable of air superiority missions in a role more comparable to Lockheed Martin’s F-22 ‘Raptor’.

The HQ-22 entered service with the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) by 2019. [ 2 ] Serbia purchased the FK-3, the export variant, in 2019; they were delivered by PLAAF Xi'an Y-20 transport aircraft and entered service in April 2022. [ 3 ]

PLAAF unit badges & patches !: For an ongoing project I once again request for help. A few individual badges of different PLAAF units are known ... but sadly not for all and I miss... Read more...

A Chinese Su-30MK2 flying fast and low. The Chinese Air Force (PLAAF) and Navy (PLAN) are rapidly improving their combat air capabilities, with a focus on sensors, platforms, network connectivity and...

with US fighters, excepting the F-22. The PLAAF describes its force struc-ture as a two-tier system. “The PLAAF has established a major weapons and equipment system with third generation aircraft and surface-to-air missiles as the mainstay, and modified second genera-tion aircraft and surface-to-air missiles