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Shaanxi Y-8 of PLA Air Force on 2012. Design of the aircraft was completed by February 1972. Major features of the Y-8 included a glazed nose and tail turret derived from that of the H-6 bomber, [2] [3] a roller-type palletized-cargo-handling device instead of the overhead conveyor, and a gaseous oxygen system as opposed to a liquid oxygen system.
Development of the Y-9 may have begun as early as 2002 as the Y-8X program. The program was a collaborative effort with Antonov – the designers of the An-12 that it was ultimately derived from – and was aimed at competing with the Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules .
NATO reporting name/Air Standardization Coordinating Committee (ASCC) names for miscellaneous aircraft, with Soviet and Chinese designations, sorted by reporting name: Soviet Union/Russia [ edit ]
The 2,000th Falcon was delivered in 2009, and the Falcon 8X made its first flight in 2015. [1] The 2,500th Falcon was delivered in July 2017, as more than 2,100 were in service with 1,230 operators in 90 countries, having accumulated 17.8 million flight hours. [2] In 2018, Dassault launched the Falcon 6X with a 5,500 nmi (10,200 km) range. [3]
A fleet of 11 aircraft delivered 2,600 military medical staff to Wuhan. The PLAAF fleet of 11 aircraft consists of 6 Y-20s, 3 Il-76s, and 2 Y-9s transport aircraft. [34] [35] This is Y-20's first civilian mission, signaling the increasing military involvement in pandemic response. [36] On 5 June 2021, PLAAF transport aircraft fleet, including Y ...
Two prototypes were built by late-2011. A new production line for the aircraft may have opened in late-2016. [4]The PLANAF received its first KQ-200 in 2015. [6] By 2017, they were deployed by the Southern Theater Command [6] and all three theater commands by 2023.
The J-8 I replaced the radar rangefinder with the SR-4 radar and the capability to fire the PL-4 air-to-air missile (AAM); both radar and missile were still in development when the aircraft's specifications were approved by State Certification Commission on 2 March 1980. [11] Ultimately, the PL-4 failed and the PL-2B and PL-5 were used instead ...
Production was launched in 1977 at the Xi'an aircraft factory but progress was slow due to the deleterious effects of the Cultural Revolution, with a pre-production aircraft displayed to the public at Nanyuan air base, near Beijing, on 17 April 1982. The WJ-5A1 turboprop engine was chosen as the Y-7's power source. The first production aircraft ...