Debrief: How A Former CIA Base Reveals Chinese Air Force Transformation

Debrief: How A Former CIA Base Reveals Chinese Air Force Transformation   Pic credit: Laotian government Pic caption: Opening ceremony for the China-Laos Joint Support and Training Center   A small airport founded by the CIA in Laos during the Vietnam War is new home for the People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF), the air arm’s first outside China — and probably not the last.  Laotian and Chinese dignitaries formally commissioned the China-Laos Joint Support and Training Center at Ban Keun Airport on Se

Opening ceremony for the China-Laos Joint Support and Training Center.

Credit: Laotian government
A small airport founded by the CIA in Laos during the Vietnam War is the new home for the People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF), the air arm’s first outside China—and probably not the last. Laotian and Chinese dignitaries formally commissioned the China-Laos Joint Support and Training Center at...
Steve Trimble

Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation Week Network, based in Washington, DC.

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