Diverse mission sets were reported as part of the exercise, as well as a variety of aircraft. These missions included “suppressive air defense” for “air superiority” as the “basis for all air and ...

The Y-20 and its variants provide a serious demonstration of just how advanced China’s defense industrial base is—and how quickly it operates. The Chinese call it the “Chubby Girl” because of its wide ...

A version of China’s Xian Y-20U tanker with new high bypass engines has been spotted, as Beijing works to improve its air-to-air refuelling capabilities. Images posted on Chinese social media site ...

Developing a big airlifter in nine years would not be a bad performance for an experienced manufacturer of jet transports. For Avic, which has begun deliveries of the Y-20 Kunpeng, turning out the 200 ...

Chen Chuanren is the Southeast Asia and China Editor for the Aviation Week Network’s (AWN) Air Transport World (ATW) and the Asia-Pacific Defense Correspondent for AWN, joining the team in 2017. China ...

Imagery acquired 0644Z on 14 September confirmed that China dispatched two Xiʼan H-6 twin-engine bombers to Woody Island, a ...

Satellite imagery of Kaifeng Air Base in China's Henan province shows five Xian Y-20B transport aircraft. The Y-20B is powered by the new domestically developed WS20 engine, which potentially has ...

In the early hours of Sunday, the first batch of emergency humanitarian supplies from China for earthquake relief in Afghanistan was dispatched, according to the China International Development ...