Avic Begins Y-20 Kunpeng Airlifter Deliveries

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Avic has begun deliveries of its Y-20 Kunpeng heavy airlifter to the Chinese air force, nine years after the program was launched. The Y-20 is entering service in an initial version equipped with the low-bypass Saturn D-30KP engine, possibly built locally as the WS-18. A later version of the...

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