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Y-9LG: China's Electronic Warfare Warrior In the Sky
It entered service with the PLAAF and had reportedly been in development since 2017, based on the Shaanxi Y-9 turboprop medium airlifter, which was introduced in 2012 to compete with the American ...
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US Ally Intercepts Chinese Surveillance Plane
The multipurpose Y-9 is an upgrade of the Y-8, which was based on the Soviet Antonov An-12 medium transport plane. It is manufactured by China's state-owned Shaanxi Aircraft Corp. and comes in a ...
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Shaanxi Y-9JB (GX-8) electronic warfare and surveillance aircraft
The Japan Air Self Defense Force scrambled fighter jets to intercept a Y-9JB surveillance aircraft on July 27.