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Z-20 ground display at Airshow China 2022 Z-20 Helicopter. The Z-20 is based on the 1970s S-70/UH-60 Black Hawk, [3] which China acquired in the 1980s. [4] Pakistan may also have allowed China to examine wreckage from the US special forces Black Hawk abandoned during the assassination of Osama bin Laden on 1 May 2011.
On 2 January 2020, a Black Hawk helicopter of the Republic of China Air Force (ROCAF) Air Rescue Group crashed in the Wulai District of New Taipei, Taiwan, while executing a VIP transport mission. [2] General Shen Yi-ming, Republic of China's Chief of the General Staff (CGS), along with seven other personnel on board, died in the accident. [3]
China Aerial refueling: YY-20: 7 [6] Ilyushin Il-78: Soviet Union Aerial refueling: Il-78MP: 3 [6] Transport; Xian Y-7: China Soviet Union Transport: 48 [6] License built variant of the Antonov An-24: Shaanxi Y-8: China Soviet Union Tactical airlifter: 80 [6] License built variant of the Antonov An-12: Shaanxi Y-9: China Tactical airlifter: 24 ...
Chop-Chop was the youngest member of the Blackhawk team created by Will Eisner, Chuck Cuidera, and Bob Powell for Quality Comics during World War II. Resembling other Chinese caricatures typical of the era, Chop-Chop was short with bright yellow skin, bucked teeth, and a queue. [21] His primary role seemed to be as the chef of the Blackhawk team.
Copy of An-2: Y-5A – First mass-produced, version, light passenger transport, equivalent to the An-2T. Y-5B – agricultural aircraft, equivalent to the An-2 SKh. Y-5B-100 – Y-5B aircraft fitted with triple tipsails on the upper wing tips, which reputedly gave 20% higher climb rate and improved L/D ratio by 15%.
The Shenyang J-16, also known as Qianlong (simplified Chinese: 潜龙; traditional Chinese: 潛龍; pinyin: Qián Lóng; lit. 'Hyphalosaurus or hidden dragon') is a Chinese all-weather 4.5 generation, [2] [3] tandem-seat, twin-engine, multirole strike fighter [4] [1] built by Shenyang Aircraft Corporation and operated by the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF).
Data from General characteristics Crew: 11 + 2 (pilot and co-pilot) Powerplant: 4 × WoJiang WJ-6C turboprop engines Propellers: 6-bladed JL-4 composite constant-speed fully-feathering reversible propellers Performance Ferry range: 5,000 km (3,100 mi, 2,700 nmi) Endurance: 10 hours See also Aviation portal Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era ATR 72MP Boeing P-8 Poseidon CASA C ...
The Black Cat Squadron (Chinese: 黑貓中隊; pinyin: Hēimāo Zhōngduì), formally the 35th Squadron, was a squadron of the Republic of China Air Force that flew the U-2 surveillance plane out of Taoyuan Air Base in northern Taiwan, from 1961 to 1974. 26 ROCAF pilots successfully completed U-2 training in the US and flew 220 operational missions, [1] with about half over the People's ...