Overview of People&#39;s Liberation Army Air Force "Elite Pilots"

doi:10.7249/RR1416

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DOI	10.7249/RR1416
报告编号	RR-1416-AF
	Overview of People's Liberation Army Air Force "Elite Pilots"
	Michael S. Chase; Kenneth W. Allen; Benjamin Purser
	2016
出版年	2016
页数	36
语种	英语
国家	美国
出版者	RAND Corporation
领域	资源环境
英文摘要	This report uses Chinese primary sources to provide an overview of how the Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) selects and trains what it calls its elite fighter pilots. The PLAAF identifies three groups of pilots as elite pilots. The first comprises 33 pilots who have won the annual Golden Helmet competition at the Dingxin Test and Training Base in Gansu province since 2011; the Golden Helmet is "the supreme contest among Chinese fighter pilots." The second group comprises pilots who belong to the PLAAF's Bayi Aerobatics Team, created in 1962. The third comprises six Su-30 attack pilots, including one Golden Helmet winner, who competed in Russia's Aviadarts 2014 competition for the first time. While each of the three groups competes using existing flight procedures, the lessons learned are reviewed extensively for ways to change existing tactics and combat methods. For example, one of the most important lessons learned has been the PLAAF's desire to move toward less scripted training, which Chinese sources typically refer to as "unrestricted air combat" or "free air combat" training. Official Chinese media reports on the PLAAF's Golden Helmet competition, its participation in the Russian Aviadarts competition, and the Bayi Aerobatics Team's participation in air shows in Russia in 2013 and Malaysia in 2015 appear to reflect a desire on the part of the PLAAF to project a more open and confident image at home and abroad. In 2014, the PLAAF implemented a Golden Dart competition to identify elite ground attack and bomber crews.
英文关键词	Air Warfare Russia Fighter Aircraft Military Education and Training China
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来源平台	Rand Corporation
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文献类型	科技报告
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/4448
专题	资源环境科学
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Michael S. Chase,Kenneth W. Allen,Benjamin Purser. Overview of People's Liberation Army Air Force "Elite Pilots":RAND Corporation,2016.