APP71-13 CHINA: November 13 - Air Chief Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman, Chief of the Air Staff at the rollout ceremony of first PAF ZDK-03 AWACS Aircraft. APP
Posted on 11/14/2010 9:31:56 AM PST by sukhoi-30mki
China rolls out AWACS aircrafts for PAF
Press Trust Of India
Islamabad, November 13, 2010
The rollout ceremony of first of four Chinese ZDK-03 airborne warning and control systems (AWACS) aircrafts for the Pakistan Air Force was held at Hanzhong in China today. The rollout coincided with President Asif Ali Zardari's visit to China – his sixth since assuming the position in 2008.
PAF chief Air Chief Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman was the chief guest at the ceremony, which was attended by the Commander of the PLA Air Force and other military and civil officials of China.
The PAF signed a contract in 2008 with China Electronics Technology Group Corporation for the joint development of four ZDK-03 AWACS aircraft configured to Pakistan's specifications.
The ZDK-03 is an advanced AWACS with sophisticated integrated sensors and communications suite, PAF said in a statement.
In his speech at the rollout, Air Chief Marshal Suleman described the event as "another milestone in the exemplary history of cooperation between Pakistan and China”.
This AWACS will strengthen the PAF's capabilities to maintain "peace with honour in the region", he said.
The AWACS is part of PAF's overall strategy of transforming itself into a "lean and technologically advanced air force", Suleman said.
The PAF will not spare any effort to make the defence of the country impregnable, he added.
CETC Chairman Wang Zhigang said the induction of the AWACS by the PAF will have a "positive impact on regional stability, peace and prosperity as well as on the close bond between the two military forces and two countries".
The PAF has also received two of four Saab-2000 AWACs aircraft ordered from Sweden.
The remaining two aircraft equipped with the Erieye radar system are expected to be delivered later this year.
APP71-13 CHINA: November 13 - Air Chief Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman, Chief of the Air Staff at the rollout ceremony of first PAF ZDK-03 AWACS Aircraft. APP
Ping.
Every plane comes with a free case of duck tape.
C-130 Knock-off?
Yes, yes, but what about those great Walmart prices?
The base aircraft is the Shaanxi Y-8 which, in turn, is based on the Antonov An-12 (NATO Code Name: Cub), the Russian equivalent of the C-130.
See link below for details:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaanxi_Y-8
I am sure the Free Trade Commies who support Free Trade with Communist China will spin this in some positive manner...
Our American wealth being redistributed via Free Trade to Communists so they can help Islamic Terrorist states....just great.
The stupidity of the Liberal Free Trader Globalists sure is astounding
Amen. We have no growth, and the government can’t figure out why. And all the while our dollar becomes worth less every single day.
Kruschev was ultimately right. We did provide the rope.
This is one we can’t pin on the liberals. The supposedly conservative parties like the GOP are no different.
Lack of patriotism is a universal trend in the west.
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