12 July 2021
by Andrew Tate
Further indications have emerged that an airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) variant of the Xian Y-20 transport aircraft is in the pipeline for China's People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF).
Cui Jixian, the deputy designer of the KJ-500 AEW&C aircraft, which is built on the Shaanxi Y-9 airframe and is currently in service with both the PLAAF and the PLA Navy Air Force (PLANAF), was quoted by the Global Times
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Further indications have emerged that an airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) variant of the X...