8 new Chinese strike fighter to participate in Peace Mission 2007

8 new Chinese strike fighter to participate in Peace Mission 2007
www.chinanews.cn 2007-08-04 11:45:19







Chinanews, Chelyabinsk, Aug 2 – Eight Chinese new strike fighters were transported to the Shager Airport in Russia on Thursday noon to participate in the 2007 Peace Mission anti-terrorist military drill. This will be the first time for Chinese fighter jets to participate in an international military drill held in foreign land.

Zhang Jianping, head of the Chinese soldiers’ team and chief director of the military drill from the Chinese side, welcomed the arrival of Chinese fighter jets. He praised the fighter jets’ formation, saying that they had landed smoothly and pilots had demonstrated their “outstanding flying skills”.

Chief of the Russian Air Force Security Bureau also greeted the arrival of Chinese air force in Ural. He believed that Chinese and Russian air forces, through close cooperation, would complete their tasks successfully in the joint military drill.

On Friday, the six Yier-76 transportation jets of the Chinese side will be shipped to the drill ground. Previously, 32 Chinese helicopters had already reached Russia as scheduled. So far, all the Chinese jets that will participate in the military drill have arrived in Russia. Before the military drill takes place, Chinese pilots will take some flying exercises to try to familiarize themselves with the features of the land over which they are going to fly during the drill.