Meet the New PLAAF

摘要

China's air force-the People's Liberation Army Air Force-has emerged in recent years as an upstart competitor in the realm of airpower. "All indicators point to the continued improvement of the PLAAF over the next decade, to the point where China is expected to have one of the world's foremost air forces by 2020," said the US Air Force's National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC) in an authoritative 2010 report.