Y-20 heavy transport aircraft News & Discussions

[LKJ86]

Y-20U

Via https://weibo.com/tv/show/1034:4599510890905645?from=old_pc_videoshow

 

[Deino]

Y-20U
View attachment 712143
Via https://weibo.com/tv/show/1034:4599510890905645?from=old_pc_videoshow

Great ... a prototype with CFTE number! Any idea which one?

 

[LKJ86]

Via @万全 from Weibo

 

[JSCh]

Chinese military plane lands in Cambodia with 600,000 Covid vaccines | AFP
Feb 7, 2021

AFP News Agency

A China People's Liberation Army Air Force aircraft carrying 600,000 doses of the Sinovac coronavirus vaccine lands at an airport in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Premier Hua Sen, who is at the airport overseeing the arrival of the vaccines, said in January China donated one million doses of the Covid-19 jabs to the Southeast Asian kingdom.

 

[LKJ86]

Via @ccckkknnn2012 from Weibo

 

[LKJ86]

Via @西部空天 from Weibo

 

[LKJ86]

Cambodian PM welcomes 1st batch of Chinese COVID-19 vaccines
A special plane carrying the first batch of China-donated Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines arrived in Cambodia, which was welcomed by Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen at the capital's airport.

 

[LKJ86]

Via @sky国航777 from Weibo

 

[LKJ86]

Via @HTB95 from Weibo

 

[Daniel808]

Y-20 Strategic Airlifter in Action

https://twitter.com/x/status/1350122720348946433

https://twitter.com/x/status/1360889594288369672

Some Images of Y-20 Strategic Airlifter in Action during 2020

 

[Deino]

Seems as if these PLAAF Y-20As have enough of social distancing!
With 20x4x serial numbers they are from the 13th Transport Division, 37th Air Regiment based at Kaifeng.

(Image courtesy of KTLJ via Huitong's CMA-Blog)

 

[LKJ86]

Via @航空工业 from Weixin

 

[Deino]

Seems as if these PLAAF Y-20As have enough of social distancing!
With 20x4x serial numbers they are from the 13th Transport Division, 37th Air Regiment based at Kaifeng.

(Image courtesy of KTLJ via Huitong's CMA-Blog)

View attachment 716164

In the background is one in low visibility markings:

 

[LKJ86]

 

[Deino]

So it seems, hand over to the PLAAF and service entry is quite imminent?

Satellite images suggest China’s new tanker aircraft is under production

By: Mike Yeo


MELBOURNE, Australia — Satellite imagery appears to indicate China has begun serial production of a tanker aircraft based on its indigenous Xi’an Y-20 airlifter, filling a notable gap in the power projection capabilities of its air force.
The overhead imagery of the airfield at Xi’an-Yanliang — taken Dec. 30, 2020, and provided to Defense News by Planet Labs — shows four Y-20s with the shadows of refueling pods on their outer wings clearly visible, indicating that these are Y-20U tankers.
...

via

Satellite images suggest China’s new tanker aircraft is under production

Three of the four aircraft in the satellite photo are painted in dark gray, while the last aircraft is still in its primer coat.

www.defensenews.com