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PLA aerobatic team to perform in Russia

By Zhao Lei (China Daily)    09:32, August 20, 2013
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Two J-10 fighters with the PLA August 1st Air Demonstration Team take off from an airport in northern China on Sunday en route to the MAKS 2013 International Air Show. The team will fly in its first overseas performance in its 51-year existence. Zhang Pengyan / FOR CHINA DAILY

Moscow show marks first overseas performance in its 51-year existence

The August 1st Air Demonstration Team, China's first and best-known aerobatic flight display team, will stage its first overseas show in Moscow with J-10 jet fighters, which will fly outside China for the first time.

An unidentified number of J-10s from the aerobatic team left an airbase in northern China on Sunday morning and began their journey to Russia, according to a statement on the Defense Ministry's website on Monday.

The team will join its Russian counterpart at the MAKS 2013 International Air Show at Ramenskoye Airport from Aug 27 to Sept 1.

The J-10s will make stops on their way to Moscow, said a publicity official with the People's Liberation Army air force who is familiar with the mission and refused to be named.

Since it was established 51 years ago, the August 1st Air Demonstration Team, named after the date of the founding of the PLA, has presented more than 500 shows for 668 delegations from 166 countries and regions, but the Moscow tour marks the team's first show abroad, the statement said.

The team was initially equipped with J-5s and has been gradually updating the fleet. The home-built J-10 fighters made their initial appearance at the 7th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition, also known as the Zhuhai Air Show, in 2008.

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(Editor:ZhangQian、Yao Chun)

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