The PLA Air Force's Four Key Training Brands

Abstract

Guided by its service-specific strategy to integrate air and space and be simultaneously prepared for offensive and defensive operations, which was approved in 2004, the Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force (PLAAF) is pursuing an ambitious path of modernization to transform itself from an inward-focused homeland air defense force to a world-class strategic air force capable of playing a decisive role in Chinas national security and military strategy. To this end, over the past decade the PLAAF has fielded increasingly modern and more capable equipment and weapon systems. Its likelihood to achieve victory, however, in informatized, high-intensity combat in a complex electromagnetic environment (CEME) is contingent on more than equipment modernization. Success in modern warfare also necessitates highly trained personnel who can adapt to tactical scenarios in a combat environment and perform sustained combat operations at their home bases and in deployed locations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 31, 2018
Accession Number
AD1082745

Entities

People

  • Jana Allen
  • Kenneth W. Allen

Organizations

  • China Aerospace Studies Institute

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerial Warfare
  • Air Defense
  • Air Force
  • Air Forces (Foreign)
  • Aircrafts
  • Competition
  • Electromagnetic Environments
  • Low Altitude
  • Military Science
  • Military Strategy
  • Military Training
  • National Security
  • Pilots
  • Students
  • System Of Systems
  • Training
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Asian Economic Studies
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Strategic Security Studies

Technology Areas

  • Space