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  • 2025 PLA Pilot Recruitment Cycle

         In accordance with Xi Jinping’s guidance, the modernization of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has prioritized the development of its high-tech aviation capabilities, emphasizing not only the advancement of sophisticated equipment but also the training of highly skilled flight personnel. As

  • Initial Fighter Pilot Training in the PLA Air Force

    At the beginning of the 2010s, the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force’s (PLAAF’s) program for the initial training of fighter pilots had three problems. First, the program was inordinately long and gradual. Second, the PLAAF lacked an advanced trainer aircraft that was suitable for