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PLA Army Aviation Force Conducts First Coastal Defense Patrol

PLA Army Aviation Force Conducts First Coastal Defense Patrol

A two-helicopter formation of an army aviation brigade under the Guangzhou Military Area Command (MAC) of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) carried a patrol element of a coastal defense regiment on the afternoon of March 18, 2012 to conduct patrol in waters of the Wanshan Islands to inspect and monitor targets such as islands, harbors, waterways and vessels. Xu Liangcai, deputy director of the operation division of the Guangzhou MAC, told the reporters that it’s the first time for aviation force of the PLA Army to perform coastal defense patrol task.

A two-helicopter formation of an army aviation brigade under the Guangzhou Military Area Command (MAC) of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) carried a patrol element of a coastal defense regiment on the afternoon of March 18, 2012 to conduct patrol in waters of the Wanshan Islands to inspect and monitor targets such as islands, harbors, waterways and vessels. Xu Liangcai, deputy director of the operation division of the Guangzhou MAC, told the reporters that it’s the first time for aviation force of the PLA Army to perform coastal defense patrol task.


Source: 19 March 2012 - Shi Binxin, Zhou Jianming / PLA Daily News

Photo: The Y-8W / KJ-200 Balanced Beam airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) uses a dual-sided Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) array housed in a dorsal 'plank' fairing which is mounted on the top of a modified Y-8F-600 Category III Platform with JL-4 6-blade propellers. (Photo by chinesemilitaryreview.blogspot.com)

(19.03.2012)


 
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