China, Russia Conduct First Bomber Landaways

Chinese J-16 escort Russian Tu-95.

 

Credit: China state television CCTV.
SINGAPORE—Chinese and Russian air forces have conducted the first so-called landaways with their bomber forces, with video showing Russian Tupolev Tu-95MS Bear turboprop bombers landing at an unspecified base near Shanghai and People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) Xian H-6K bombers touching...
Chen Chuanren

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.

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