Warzone/The Drive: Video Of Chinese Fighters Over South China Sea Gives Insight Into Long-Range Missions
Su-30 Flanker crews make a 10-hour round trip training flight from the Chinese mainland to the Spratly Islands.
A video has emerged online showing a long-range fighter patrol over the South China Sea being conducted by Chinese Su-30MKK Flankers. The video shows edited excerpts of a full mission, starting with aircrews running to their awaiting jets at Suixi-Nanning Air Base in Southern China, to aerial refueling,to a pass over the Subi Reef in the Spratly Islands, followed by the return to base.
The video offers a powerful illustration of the regional capabilities of the People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) amid a torrent of U.S. and allied maneuvers in the region. The formation of at least six Russian-made Su-30MKK Flankers appears to be assigned to the 6th Air Brigade, which is based at Suixi, in Guangdong. The airbase is located close to the Chinese coast and the northern end of the South China Sea. At least some of the fighter-bombers are loaded with Russian R-27R and R-77 air-to-air missiles.
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WNU Editor: The video is heavily edited. But it still gives an insight into China's training to do long range missions.
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