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PLA Air Force establishes new aerobatic squads
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CNTV, August 26, 2011
Heavenly Wings and Red Eagles, those are the names of China's two new aerobatic teams. They will make their debut performance on September 1st.
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China is the second nation to have 3 aerobatic squads after Russia. The 16 members of the Heavenly Wings are all veteran pilots from the PLA Air Force. They will fly China's home-developed CJ-6 aircraft.
To this day, the plane is still China's top export among all military planes. The Red Eagles is composed of 18 pilots, 8 of whom participated in the military parade marking the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China in 2009.
They will fly K-8, China's new generation of trainer jets.
The primary purpose of these two new teams is to facilitate exchanges between foreign air forces and China.
