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China military expansion: China stuns the world with new sixth-generation heavy stealth jet; here’s all about PLA’s latest combat aircraft

Cs news3 weeks ago04 mins

China in restructuring itself in the field of avionics and military infrastructure, with its 6th generation fighter program giving stiff competition to the US Air Force. The Asian country has now announced the new sixth-generation heavy stealth jet whose images have surfaced recently, showing this previously unseen aircraft conducting daytime flight tests alongside other combat…

China cuts fighter pilot training by 1 year, on track for full overhaul ‘by early 2030s’

Cs news2 months ago02 mins

China’s military has trimmed at least a year off its fighter pilot training programmes, with one US source predicting that the PLA will have “completely modernised” its pilot instruction system by the early 2030s. The reduction in the pilot programme from at least four years to three comes as the People’s Liberation Army steps up…

‘Ran out of missiles’: US pilots describe battling Iran’s drone swarm in darkness | World News

Cs news2 months ago05 mins

Iran launched over 300 drones, ballistic, and cruise missiles against Israel on April 13, in a strike far larger than US military expectations. A F-15 fighter jet takes off during a graduation ceremony for Israeli Air Force pilots at Hatzerim Airbase, in southern Israel, June 29, 2023. (REUTERS/File Photo)(REUTERS) F-15 pilot Major Benjamin “Irish” Coffey…

US and China’s forgotten friendship on display in WWII photo exhibition

Cs news3 months ago02 mins

It was a bright spot in the history of Sino-US relations, when more than 250,000 Americans joined Chinese soldiers to fight against Japanese forces in what was then known as the “China-Burma-India” theatre during the second world war. But that episode of wartime alliance – with its stories of heroism and sacrifice – has largely…

China’s GJ-11 stealth drone sightings hint at future role as fighter jet ‘wingmen’

Cs news4 months ago02 mins

China’s new stealth combat drones are likely to be paired with fighter jets, playing the role of “loyal wingman” and acting as a “force multiplier” for the country’s airborne operations, according to military analysts. Citing satellite imagery from Planet Labs, defence news site The War Zone reported last week that a pair of GJ-11 Sharp…