Photos People's Republic of China (PLA)

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Two Chinese J-20 "stealth" aircraft demonstrate their ablity in the 11th China Air Show at Zhuhai airport NOV 2016. This was the J-20 first true public display.

 

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Chinese Helicopter Gunships practise taking-off for the coming China Helicopter Exposition at a helicopter base of Aviation Industry Corporation of China in the Airport Area of China Pilot Free Trade Zone of Tianjin, north China, Sept. 7, 2015. The exposition will be opened on Sept. 9. (Xinhua/Wang Huan)

Chinese Helicopter Gunships perform at the opening ceremony of the Tianjin International Helicopter Exhibition in a helicopter base of Aviation Industry Corporation of China in the Airport Area of China Pilot Free Trade Zone of Tianjin, north China, north China, Sept. 9, 2015. The exhibition displayed 56 helicopters and attracted 366 enterprises. (Xinhua/Zhang Chenlin)

 

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In case some of you did not know everyone in the PLA, PLAN, PLAAF is called a SOLDIER

Female soldiers on PLAN Frigate Jingzhou....23 Photos

Female soldiers enjoy the scenery on the deck of Frigate Jingzhou. [Mod.gov.cn]

Female soldiers learn to use special equipment. [Mod.gov.cn]

Wang Xiaoyuan, 22, is a health worker on Frigate Jingzhou. Inspired by her late grandfather who fought in the Korean War, Wang joined the navy after graduating from university in September of 2014. She is also an acting captain of female soldiers and an announcer at the broadcasting station on Frigate Jingzhou. [Mod.gov.cn]

Guo Yuan, 20, is on duty. Guo chose to suspend her college study and join the navy in 2015. She is now a soldier in the command and control system of the frigate. She believes that “life is about nothing but constant self-challenge.” [Mod.gov.cn]

Lyu Gege, 22, refines her article. Lyu suspended her study at Beijing Jiaotong University and became a telegraphist in the navy in 2015. She never shed a tear during the harsh training and never suffered seasickness. She likes writing and her articles are often published by the broadcasting station on Frigate Jingzhou. [Mod.gov.cn]

 

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QINGDAO, China (Aug. 12, 2016) Cmdr. Justin Harts, commanding officer aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold (DDG 65), talks with a People's Liberation Army (Navy) North Sea Fleet sailors during a Code for Unplanned Encounters at Sea exercise. Benfold is currently underway in the the Western Pacific in support of security and stability in the Indo-Asia Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photos by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Deven Leigh Ellis/Released)

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QINGDAO, China (Aug. 12, 2016) A Sailor from the People's Liberation Army (Navy) North Sea Fleet assists the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold (DDG 65) during a Code for Unplanned Encounters at Sea exercise. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Deven Leigh Ellis/Released)

 

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Missiles are launched during a drill in the East China Sea, Aug 1, 2016. The Chinese navy started a drill, which involved firing dozens of missiles and torpedoes, in the East China Sea Monday. The drill involved naval aviation forces, including submarines, ships and coastguard troops. (Xinhua/Wu Dengfeng)

 

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PEARL HARBOR (June 29, 2016) Chinese People's Liberation Army (Navy) frigate Hengshui (FFG 572) arrives at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam for Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2016. Twenty-six nations, more than 40 ships and submarines, more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 30 to Aug. 4, in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The world's largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity that helps participants foster and sustain the cooperative relationships that are critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world's oceans. RIMPAC 2016 is the 25th exercise in the series that began in 1971. (U.S. Navy Photo By Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Somers Steelman/Released

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PEARL HARBOR (June 29, 2016) The Chinese People's Liberation Army (Navy) (PLA(N) Luang II class guided-missile destroyer Xian (153) arrives at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam for Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2016.(U.S. Navy Photo By Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Somers Steelman/Released

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PEARL HARBOR (June 29, 2016) The Chinese People's Liberation Army (Navy) hospital ship Peace Ark (T-AH 866) arrives at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam for Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2016.(US Navy photos released for public use.)

HONOLULU, July 13, 2016 (Xinhua) -- Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, the United States, July 12, 2016. The Chinese fleet of missile destroyer "Xi'an", missile frigate "Hengshui" and supply ship "Gaoyou Lake" left the Pearl Harbor for the at-sea phase of the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise 2016 on Tuesday. (Xinhua/Yang Lei)

 

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The PLAN, China's Navy, has one aircraft carrier, Liaoning CV-16.

Pix from inside CV-16;

















A couple of comments on the PLAN CV photos.. I've never seen USN blue shirts standing at parade rest while moving an aircraft. PLAN sailors are often pictured standing in ranks and marching around in circumstances that to my old sailor eyes just don't look natural. The PLAN sailors seem to be very stiff..and disciplined.

I do not like all those false overheads(celings) That's a recipe for disaster. There's all sorts of wiring and vents etc under that overhead. If there is a fire up there the firefighters will have to pull all that overhead down to fight the fire. This would delay the firefighting and make the fire fighters efforts more difficult.

and the ships seal looks great.(third pic) The ship looks very clean and pristine. Very squared away.

 

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16 May 2013..China's Peoples Liberation Army 1st female special operation company conducts parachute training.

 

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The People's Liberation Army (PLA) Chengdu Military Area Command has dispatched helicopters to help with relief work in Wenchuan County which has been affected by flooding. An aviation unit dispatched three helicopters with 19 relief workers and 7.5 tonnes of materials in 12 flights to Caopo Township of Wenchuan County, which suffered downpours and mud-rock flows, according to the area command. (Xinhua/Wu Tailiang)

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Soldiers, relief workers and local citizens unload disaster-relief supplies from a helicopter in Caopo Township of Wenchuan County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, July 16, 2013.

Relief workers transfer an injured child to a helicopter in Caopo Township of Wenchuan County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, July 16, 2013.

Soldiers transfer an injured person to a helicopter in Caopo Township of Wenchuan County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, July 16, 2013.

 

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Only 7.5% of PLA soldiers are female..

16 Photos of PLA Female soldiers training at Zhurihe training base in N China - Xinhua | English.news.cn

Female soldiers wait for instructions at the Zhurihe training base in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, July 16, 2013.

Female soldier Li Jin poses for photo during a training break at the Zhurihe training base in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, July 16, 2013.

Gotta wonder whats in those back packs?.. they look far too happy to be carrying any real weight.

Female soldier Peng Shuang (R) runs with male soldiers in a five-kilometer-cross-country training at the Zhurihe training base in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, July 18, 2013. The first female special forces unit established by the Chinese People's Liberation Army received intensive training as the Army Day is coming. The youngest soldier of the unit is 18 years old while the oldest one is 26. All of the female soldiers have college degrees or above and have been trained to master special combat skills. (Xinhua/Wang Jianmin)

Female soldiers respond to an emergency call at the Zhurihe training base in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, July 16, 2013

Female soldiers receive tactical training at the Zhurihe training base in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, July 17, 2013.

Female soldiers practice hand-to-hand combat at the Zhurihe training base in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, July 16, 2013

Female soldiers receive rappelling training at the Zhurihe training base in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, July 16, 2013

 

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Low level target practice for PLA Zhi-9W Attack helicopters.

PLA Ordnancemen load up rockets. The rockets look similar to what we USN ordies called 2.5 inch Mighty Mouse rockets . Popeye is digging these pix! very well done!

 

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China's Snow Leopard Commando Unit...English.news.cn | 08.19.2013 | Editor: Yang Yi

 

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Beijing Armed Police Corps "Devil Day" training..83 photos

Chinese caption

中国军网：8月16日凌晨，记者赶赴京郊顺义某训练场，目击武警北京总队某师组织今年新训的48名预备特战队员在12名教员带领下进行的“魔鬼日”训练。超常的训练强度，为这批未来的武警特战精英加钢焠火。记者乔天富 通讯员李光印 傅淑明摄影报道

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China Military Online: August 16 morning, reporters rushed to the suburbs of Beijing Shunyi, a training ground, a division of Beijing Armed Police Corps witnessed organize this year's 48 new training commandos prepare teachers in 12 under the leadership of the "devil day" training. Extraordinary intensity of training for these future elite armed police special operations plus steel quenching. Reporter correspondent Li Qiao Tianfu printed Fu Shuming photo coverage

Popeye's simplified English translation.

48 prospective officers go through intensive physical training. Reporter correspondent Li Qiao Tianfu & Fu Shuming photo coverage.

These are some great photos. I see real pain and torment on these men's faces. Excellent photos!

 

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Last batch of the same event as previously posted ..Beijing Armed Police "Devil Day" training. For all the photos follow the link below.

Beijing Armed Police Corps "Devil Day" training..83 photos

 

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USS Mason (DDG 87), PLAN Z-9 helicopter, PLAN Luda Class Destroyer (DDG 112) Harbin participating.

Also PLAN and US Navy VBSS(Visit Board Search & Seizure) teams also pictured. Photos from August 24th 2013.

 

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PLAN ships visit Pearl Harbor!

U.S. observers view the search-and-rescue exercise aboard Chinese navy's missile destroyer Qingdao near Hawaii, the United States, Sept. 9, 2013. Four naval ships, including Chinese navy's missile destroyer Qingdao, missile frigate Linyi and USS Lake Erie, and three helicopters, conducted a joint search-and-rescue exercise near Hawaii on Monday. [Photo/Xinhua]

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A farewell party is held for newly-recruited soldiers of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) at Kunming Railway Station of Yunnan province on September 11, 2013.

New recruits across the province gathered at the railway station on Wednesday and started their journey to fulfill their duty in the army. [Photo/CNS]

 

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09.08.2013..PLA artillery batteries conduct live fire training in the Jinan Military Region...A Song River Gee agency issued photo

Trust me.. these gents below KNOW what they are doing!

 

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Chinese participants seen in international sniper competition... English.news.cn | 11.01.2013 | Editor: Chen Zhi

 

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Chinese and U.S. soldiers attend a joint exercise in Hawaii, the United States, Nov. 14, 2013. U.S. and Chinese forces held a disaster assistance and humanitarian relief exercise in Hawaii on Thursday. [Photo/Xinhua]