Fighter Aircraft

19 May 2013

It was January 16, 1945, a day that saw the heaviest American bombing of Japanese targets in Hong Kong. Between 9am and 5pm, 154 tonnes of bombs were dropped, and hundreds of thousands of machine...

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China to buy Lada-class subs, Su-35 fighters from Russia

25 Mar 2013

China has signed an agreement with Russia to buy 24 Sukhoi Su-35 fighter jets and four Lada-class submarines in its biggest weapons purchase from Moscow in a decade, state media reported.

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Sponsor of search for buried Spitfires in Myanmar pulls out

17 Feb 2013

Rumours that dozens of the single-seat aircraft were buried in 1945 by Britain, the former colonial power in what was then Burma, had excited military history enthusiasts.

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Japan scrambles eight fighter jets to intercept Chinese plane near Diaoyus

7 Jan 2013

Japan scrambled fighter jets on Saturday to head off a Chinese state-owned plane that flew near the disputed Diaoyu islands, which Japan calls the Senkakus, a Japanese Defence Ministry spokesman...

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PLA signs preliminary deal for 24 Russian Su-35 jet fighters

7 Dec 2012

A preliminary deal for the sale of 24 advanced Russian Su-35 jet fighters to the People's Liberation Army indicates the technological hurdles China faces in developing its own J-20, especially in...

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Four injured as fighter jet crashes in Shantou

4 Dec 2012

A Chinese fighter jet crashed in a southern Chinese city of Shantou on Tuesday, sparking a fire that injured at least four people, reports said.

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China's Liaoning aircraft carrier completes test-landing of jets

The People's Liberation Army had successfully conducted the first landing tests of the J-15 fighter jet on its sole aircraft carrier, Xinhua said yesterday.

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Reports hail aircraft carrier's landing tests

China's indigenous carrier-based fighter, the J-15, has completed landing tests on the country's first carrier, the Liaoning, state media reported yesterday.

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Model of newest fighter jet on display at Zhuhai air show

Aircraft enthusiasts hoping to catch a glimpse of the nation's state-of-the-art military aircraft are out in force in Zhuhai this week as it hosts the nation's largest air show, which opened...

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Secret fighter plane revealed to public

The mainland's latest military devices are on display at an air show in Zhuhai

The mainland's top-secret J-10 fighter plane made its much-awaited public debut yesterday in a six-...

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J-10 vaults Chinese aviation into 'top rank'

The J-10 multi-role fighter involves a significant amount of new military technology and puts the Chinese aviation industry on par with the best in the world, its developer says.

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Fighter makes debut at air show

Top-secret jet stars in display of gear aimed at overseas arms buyers

The mainland's top-secret J-10 fighter plane made its much-awaited public debut yesterday in a six- minute...

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