September 2012 - Page 19 of 45

Photo: PLANAF J-10AH test fires PL-12

First live firing practice by PLANAF J-10AH from East Sea fleet.

Here are the main changes the Chinese did to the J-11 to make it into a strike variant J-16 plus the difference with the Su-30MKK.

Su-30MKK

J-16

Japan and the United States have agreed to deploy a second AN/TPY-2 early-warning X-band radar in south of Japan.
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The U.S. Air Force will continue to fly the Global Hawk Block 30 at least till September 2013 until it sorts out the fate of the drone with Congress.

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Besides sending its C-130 to Singapore for navigation training next year, Taiwan also plans to send personnel to the U.S. for aerial refueling lessons.
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