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New AEW Testbed Revealed in China
The latest AEW conversion in China was revealed in these Internet photos. They show a heavily modified Y-7 transport.
The latest AEW conversion in China was revealed in these Internet photos. They show a heavily modified Y-7 transport.

Photographs have recently appeared on Chinese Internet sites showing a Xian Y-7 transport aircraft that has been heavily modified to serve as a testbed for a carrier-borne airborne early warning and control (AEW) aircraft. These recent photos follow one that appeared in May 2011, which provided the first grainy visual evidence of development of a “Chinese Hawkeye” by Xian.

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