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Female jet fighter pilots of the female
jet fighter pilots echelon line up in this photo taken on July 14,
2009.(Xinhua/Sun Maoqing)
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BEIJING,
Oct. 1 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese People's Liberation Army's 15 female pilots
ridding 15 training jets K-8 appeared as the final formation of an air display
at the end of a grand military parade in Beijing Thursday morning.
With music of a popular military song to express
pilots' enthusiasm for the nation's blue sky echoing around Tian'anmen Square,
five training jets flew over hundreds of thousands of spectators, leaving red,
yellow and blue smoke trails behind to conclude the air show that lasts for
nearly ten minutes.
The aviators are China's first generation of female
fighter pilots who just graduated from the Air Force's third aviation college
with full A scores of their training courses.
"Females pilots face more physical challenges and
obstacles in operating a fighter jet for maneuvers such as twisting and
flipping," said Wang Baoqun, political commissar of the aviation college.
"But considering precision and carefulness of
operating the jet's various apparatus, the female has shown more advantages than
male pilots," Wang said.
The college's dean Wu Huiming told Xinhua that the
female fighter pilots have shown better endurance than males.
The PLA's Air Force started to recruit female pilots
in 1951 and has cultivated more than 300 female transporter pilots.
The 15 female fighter pilots were recruited five
years ago with another 19 competitive trainees, and only 16 of them successfully
graduated from the aviation college this year.
Sources with the Air Force told Xinhua that the
female pilots will take an equal responsibility in their future air squadrons to
fly the third-generation fighters including J-10 since the aircraft is not
categorized by genders.
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Sixteen female jet fighter pilots of the
female jet fighter pilots echelon pose for a family photo in this photo
taken on July 14, 2009.(Xinhua/Wang Jianmin)
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China National Day parade crescendoed
when nuclear weapon appears
BEIJING, Oct. 1 (Xinhua) -- China's National Day military
parade culminated in the final staging of giant nuclear-capable intercontinental
ballistic missiles Thursday.
The camouflage nuclear missiles, riding on 18 launch
vehicles, rumbled past Tian'anmen Square and were reviewed by Chinese leaders
and foreign guests. Full story
China's first early warning aircraft
hints strategic leap in air defense
BEIJING, Oct. 1 (Xinhua) -- The organizer of China's
National Day parade showed the most important hardware progress the country's
Air Force made in the past decade as the long-range Kongjing-2000 and two other
smaller Kongjing-200 aircraft led air formations.
The Kongjing-2000 is China's first generation of military
airborne early warning and control (AEWC) system developed with its own
technology. The plane was deployed around 2004 after decades of trade embargo by
Western countries and unsuccessful acquisition of Russia-made equivalent. Full story
China new missile weapon to curb war
threat
BEIJING, Oct. 1 (Xinhua) -- A new type of surface-to-surface intermediate and
long-range missiles rumbled past the Tian'anmen Rostrum Thursday morning.
This type of missiles of DF series can be armed with either nuclear or
conventional warheads, military experts say. Full story
Indigenous J-10 fighters become Air Force's
backbones
BEIJING, Oct. 1 (Xinhua) -- Although China's indigenous
J-10 multirole fighter was officially unveiled in 2006, it still deserved a new
aircraft at the National Day parade.
As a third-generation fighter in the world, the
single-seated J-10 reserves many independent intellectual property rights for
its Chinese developers and manufacturers especially for its high-agility
aerodynamic layout with its delta wings and a pair of canards. Full story
China's cruise missiles "sharp swords"
for precision attacks
BEIJING, Oct. 1 (Xinhua) -- China's land-based cruise
missiles debuted at a National Day parade Thursday morning, marking the 60th
anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China.
The missiles, painted in camouflage, were one of the most
advanced domestically-made weaponry of the People's Liberation Army (PLA). Full story
Nuclear-capable intercontinental
missiles bring climax to China parade
BEIJING, Oct. 1 (Xinhua) -- China's National Day military
parade culminated in the final staging of giant nuclear-capable intercontinental
ballistic missiles Thursday.
The camouflaged nuclear weapon rode on 18 launch vehicles.
Full story
China displays its most advanced weapons in National Day
parade
BEIJING, Oct. 1 (Xinhua) -- China on Thursday displayed
some of its most sophisticated weaponry in a grand military review to mark the
60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic.
Fifty-two types of new weapon systems developed and made
in China, including the country's most advanced nuclear-capable missiles, were
displayed. Ninety percent of the weapons were exposed to paraded for the first
time. Full story
China's conventional missiles aimed at winning information
warfare
BEIJING, Oct. 1 (Xinhua) -- China's first missile brigade,
carrying the country's surface-to-surface conventional missiles, rumbled past
Tian'anmen Rostrum Thursday.
The homegrown missiles were carried by 18 mobile
launchers, in a specially-designed formation. Full story
