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luosifen

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Recently, the first batch of "dual-study" female pilots, jointly trained by the Chinese Air Force, Tsinghua University and Peking University, conducted night solo flight training on the primary trainer aircraft. , went to the designated airspace to start training. Under low-light conditions in the dark night, student pilots complete a series of actions such as circling with a large slope, diving and jumping, lifting and turning, and continuous take-off and landing. During the landing process, the landing lights were turned off all the way, and the pilots landed smoothly through visual operations. This marks that they already have the ability to operate fighters alone at night. It is understood that these girls are the first batch of "dual-study" female pilots trained by the Air Force, and they are also the 12th batch of female pilots recruited by the Air Force in 2019. They completed public basic courses and aerospace professional courses at Tsinghua University and Peking University respectively, and took parachuting, shooting, field survival training and other military courses required for flight students at the Air Force Aviation University. In July 2017, Song Jiahuan, a poor student in Shuangta Village, Henan Province, received an admission notice for the pilot class of the Air Force Aviation University of the Chinese People's Liberation Army and Tsinghua University because of her excellent results in the college entrance examination. The recruitment of female pilots in China is very strict, and the elimination is very cruel. First, they were shortlisted into the top 200 in the country after multiple rounds of screening, and then competed for the last 40 places for female pilots. In the end, only those with particularly excellent grades could enter Tsinghua University and Peking University. The entire learning process will be "eliminated". Tsinghua University has 5 female pilots with "dual enrollment status", and finally 3 successfully passed the solo flight assessment, while Henan Province has only one female pilot, and she is Song Jiahuan.

 

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A claim of second J20 Brigade formation in WTC. Corroboration is essential.

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"On February 10, the official media of the western theater revealed that the "Iron Winged Lion" brigade in the theater had officially changed to a new aircraft. Although it is marked with thick codes, it can be vaguely seen that the new fighter seems to have "no" vertical tail.


Considering that the brigade has been equipped with J-7 fighters before, although the model is old, it is also a manned fighter, so it is ruled out that the UAV with flying wing layout is replaced this time, and only manned fighters with similar appearance characteristics are J-20. As the most advanced fighter jet in my country, the vertical tail of the J-20 is fully movable, and the vertical tail can be placed very low according to needs, so it looks like there is no vertical tail from a distance.

This official announcement means that the second J-20 brigade of the Western Air Force has appeared, and this is also the first theater of our army equipped with two J-20 brigades. Since the J-20 is a stealth fighter, its establishment will be smaller than that of non-stealth models. Therefore, the complete establishment of the J-20 brigade is 24. As a result, the number of J-20s in the Western Theater has reached 48, accounting for one-third of the total number of J-20s in our army (about 156).

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Deino

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A claim of second J20 Brigade formation in WTC. Corroboration is essential.

Google translation below

"On February 10, the official media of the western theater revealed that the "Iron Winged Lion" brigade in the theater had officially changed to a new aircraft. Although it is marked with thick codes, it can be vaguely seen that the new fighter seems to have "no" vertical tail.


Considering that the brigade has been equipped with J-7 fighters before, although the model is old, it is also a manned fighter, so it is ruled out that the UAV with flying wing layout is replaced this time, and only manned fighters with similar appearance characteristics are J-20. As the most advanced fighter jet in my country, the vertical tail of the J-20 is fully movable, and the vertical tail can be placed very low according to needs, so it looks like there is no vertical tail from a distance.

This official announcement means that the second J-20 brigade of the Western Air Force has appeared, and this is also the first theater of our army equipped with two J-20 brigades. Since the J-20 is a stealth fighter, its establishment will be smaller than that of non-stealth models. Therefore, the complete establishment of the J-20 brigade is 24. As a result, the number of J-20s in the Western Theater has reached 48, accounting for one-third of the total number of J-20s in our army (about 156).

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Now I'm confused ... "Iron Winged Lion" is which unit? and is there any base or location mentioned?

Concerning the lion I instantly think about the 16th Air Brigade at Yinchuan/West, but I thought thsi one converted to J-10C?
 

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97th "铁翼雄狮" Dazu J-20A
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16th "贺兰雄狮" Yinchuan Su-27/J-11A

18th Lintao/Yinchuan J-10C


Me again ... with the 97th AB's badge

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But again! I thought, the 16th Air Brigade at Yinchuan/West has converted to J-10C and the 18th at Lintao got the J-11s from the 16th!
 
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luosifen

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She can fly both fighter jets and armed helicopters. She is also the first female captain of the Chinese Army Aviation Force. This is the only one in China. She is Pu Yuting, a dual female pilot of the Chinese Air Force and the Chinese Army. Pu Yuting, born in 1990, from Shaanxi West, joined the army in September 2008. She graduated from the Air Force Aviation University of China and served in the Chinese Air Force. She is the ninth batch of female pilots and a female fighter pilot. Three types of fighter jets including the Leopard fighter-bomber. Pu Yuting's husband, Song Jia, is also an excellent pilot in the Army Aviation Force. At the wedding scene, Pu Yuting's bridesmaids can be said to be very powerful. They are all female pilots of the Chinese Air Force and students of Pu Yuting's Air Force Aviation University
 

by78

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Not your grandfather's pilot cadets.

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by78

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It looks like Shenyang is looking to partially relocate its facilities to a new industrial zone. Below are two bidding documents. The first document announces the winning bid for an "analysis and evaluation of social stability risks associated with a partial re-location of Shenyang Aircraft Company". The second document is a request for bid for temporary electrical installations (i.e. transformers, substations, etc.) at Shenyang's new factory facility, which the document calls Shenbei new factory zone (沈北新厂区), indicating that it's located in north Shenyang or north of Shenyang.

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