Posted on 21 November 2010
Nov. 22 (China Military News cited from PTI) -- The induction of Chinese-made airborne warning and control system aircraft in the Pakistan Air Force beginning next year will bring about a "revolution" in air defence operations, the air force chief said Sunday.
Air Chief Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman, currently on a visit to China, said that [...]
Posted on 14 November 2010
Nov. 14 (China Military News cited from hindustantimes.com) -- The rollout ceremony of first of four Chinese ZDK-03 airborne warning and control systems (AWACS) aircrafts for the Pakistan Air Force was held at Hanzhong in China today. The rollout coincided with President Asif Ali Zardari's visit to China – his sixth since assuming the position [...]
Posted on 12 October 2009
October.10 (China Defense Mashup Reporting by Johnathan Weng) -- Chinese Air Force KJ-2000 AWACS just played a main role in the air parade in PRC's 60th Anniversary day. China government also announces that it become the 4th country which can design and manufacture Airborne Warning and Control System behind U.S., Russia and Israel.
But before the [...]
Posted on 31 May 2009
May.31 (China Defense Mashup Reporting by Johnathan Weng) -- Some close pictures of the KJ-200 AEW Aircrafts flying above Beijing for future air parade have displayed that Chinese Air Force has slightly improved the aerodynamic configuration of tail control surfaces. The comparision of above pictures distinguished the newly-found vertical tails separately added on horizontal tail. [...]
Posted on 15 April 2009
Apr.15 (China Defense Mashup Reporting by Johnathan Weng) -- In these newly unleahsed photos, 4 KJ-2000 planes, PLA Air Force's most advanced AWACS aircrafts has gathered in Wuxi Shuofang Airport (无锡硕放机场), Jiangsu Province, East China. KJ-2000 will defenitely be involved in the parade of 60th anniversary of New China. And the arrival of KJ-2000 fleet [...]
Posted on 08 March 2009
Mar.06 (China Defense Mashup Report by Johnathan Weng) -- When you see these photos, you may ask one question What this Aircraft is? This huge disassembled AWACS aircraft is located in the backyard of AVIC's FAI (First Aircraft Institute) in Xi'an city, North-west China. The first four photos were perhaps photoed years earlier and now are posted [...]
Posted on 18 December 2008
Islamabad, Dec.05 (China Military News cited from Jane's Defense Weekly by Farhan Bokhari, Interviewee: Air Chief Marshal Tanvir Mahmood Ahmed, Chief of the Pakistan Air Force ) -- Faced with mounting economic demands and the call for increasing involvement in continuing operations on Pakistan's border with Afghanistan, the Pakistan Air Force (PAK) is faced with [...]
Posted on 03 September 2008
Beijing, Sept.03 (China Defense Mashup Report by Johnathan Weng) -- KJ-2000 is a Chinese domestic-built Airborne Early Warning and Control system (AWACS) based on the Russian-made Beriev A-50.
The program started after the cancellation of the A-50I deal with Israel and Russia in July 2000 due to strong U.S. pressure and interference. The Chinese then went [...]