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PLA Army Cross-Trains Pilots for Combat

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Recently the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) reported that an army aviation unit has been cross-training its pilots to fly multiple types of helicopters. It is likely that the PLA Army is cross-training utility helicopter pilots to operate attack helicopters, and it is at least possible that the PLA Army has been conducting such cross-training throughout its aviation branch. However, even if this effort is service-wide, it is unlikely that more than a small number of pilots in each unit has been undergoing cross-training.

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