Members of Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force Red Falcon aerobatic team attend the China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition in Guangdong province, China, Sept. 28, 2021.
VOA: Will China Surpass the US in Military Air Superiority?
For decades, the United States military has benefited from having air superiority over its enemies in all its conflicts around the world. The Pentagon's multibillion-dollar investment in advanced warplanes, weapons systems, satellites and aircraft carriers has made air power a central part of America's global projection of military might.
However, China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) is rapidly modernizing, and military leaders and analysts say that Washington may no longer be able to always rely on its air superiority.
Speaking at an Air Force Association conference last month, General Charles Brown Jr., chief of staff of the Air Force, said the PLA had what he called "the largest aviation forces in the Pacific" and had developed them "underneath our nose." Brown predicted China could overcome U.S. air superiority by 2035.
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WNU Editor: China already has air superiority in Asia (by numbers alone), but it lags in avionics, engine technology, and training.
My prediction.
China is fully committed to surpassing the U.S. in military air superiority in the near future. But they have a very long road ahead of them.
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It's been 30 yes since the US has fought a major air opponent and those pilots are long gone. But the Chinese fare no better. They've never had large scale air warfare. So no one knows what'll happen. At this point I think the US is better but no one really knows.
What they want to hear is chinese taking ahead superiority vs US, some are paid.
The Chinese have unwittingly adopted Stalin's theory of military superiority, "Quantity is a quality all its own".
(it really isn't)
China's flying ANTIFA thug planes up and down the I-40 corridor.
Seen a couple on the way home from Kroger's.
China is copying America even for the sun glasses.....
Well, I give them credit for their Hollywood look. Assumed as it is.
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