With the steady mass production of Yun-20 transport aircraft , and the mature long-range delivery capabilities that have been formed after the Air Force's equipment transportation in 20 years, Yun-20 is increasingly "going abroad" to appear overseas. Since the beginning of this year, Yun-20 has participated The overseas material delivery missions carried out include the Y-20 delivering relief supplies across the ocean in a short period of time after the Tonga volcano erupted in January. In April, multiple Y-20 aircraft took off in batches to Serbia to deliver supplies across continents. Recently, the Air Force Transport 20 once again performed an overseas material delivery mission, this time its destination was my country's close neighbor Afghanistan .
Yun 20 arrived at Kabul International Airport in Afghanistan.
On June 22 this year, a strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.2 occurred in the Khost and Paktika provinces in eastern Afghanistan. This earthquake caused serious damage to these provinces in Afghanistan. caused severe damage. Under such a critical emergency situation, our country's transportation 20 acted quickly and brought urgently needed relief materials to Afghanistan. This long-distance material delivery was simply a "timely help" for Afghanistan! It can be seen from the footage reported by the media that the Y-20 heading to Afghanistan this time is the same as the Y-20 heading to Serbia in April. The rear side of the fuselage is filled with interference bombs . This is a type of aerial self-defense for the Y-20. Way.
The red circle is the loading position of the Y-20 interference bomb
Some netizens have questions: The Y-20 is a large transport aircraft, and its only effective method of self-defense in the air is carrying interference bombs. The fact that the Y-20 carries interference bombs also shows that For such cross-border long-distance material transportation, necessary defense preparations are still needed. So since there is such a need for air self-defense, why doesn’t the Air Force dispatch fighter jets to escort the Y-20?
Yun-20 is performing a humanitarian rescue mission
This time the Yun-20 went to Afghanistan to deliver disaster relief supplies. It was performing a humanitarian rescue mission. It was not a military operation. Such a non-military operation does not require fighter jets to escort such a "big mission". "Scene", in fact, not only our Air Force, but also the air force transport aircraft of other countries will basically not dispatch fighter escorts when performing such missions. After all, the level of air threats faced by such missions is very low, and the Y-20 itself carries jamming bombs to basically self-defense preparations are sufficient.
Yun-20 transport aircraft
Friendship between Afghanistan and China
China has always adhered to the policy of being good to its neighbors and maintaining good-neighborly friendship. It has maintained very friendly relations with most of its neighboring countries, and Afghanistan is no exception. The timely delivery of disaster relief materials to Afghanistan by Yun-20 has also received gratitude and appreciation from Afghanistan. Afghanistan and our country are neighboring countries. The Y-20 can fly directly to Afghanistan from our country. Going to such a friendly country, the level of air threats faced by the Y-20 is actually very low, especially since the US military withdraws from Afghanistan in 2021. The overall situation in Afghanistan has been very relaxed. There is no longer the tension that was heard all day long, so there is no need to dispatch fighter jets to escort the Y-20.
Yun-20 released jamming bombs
Pakistan will provide necessary support
The Y-20 carrying out the disaster relief material transportation mission flew directly to the Afghan capital Kabul International Airport. As you can see from the picture below, the flight route of the Y-20 It is actually very close to Pakistan. Although the Afghan army currently has limited equipment performance, does not yet have a complete air defense system, and lacks the ability to control air conditions, neighboring Pakistan has a powerful air defense system and air detection system. Our country is very friendly with Pakistan, and the military cooperation between the two sides is also very harmonious. I believe that the Y-20 will also receive the necessary support from Pakistan on its way to Afghanistan. If there is an emergency, intelligence information will be provided to us in a timely manner so that the Y-20 can have Enough time to avoid danger.
China, Pakistan, and Afghanistan are neighboring countries
No one dares to touch the People's Liberation Army's transport aircraft
In April this year, when multiple Air Force aircraft transported 20 aircraft in multiple batches to Serbia to perform material delivery missions, there were no fighter jets to provide escort, like this The same time, it was just a jamming bomb carried by itself, but the entire process of this long-distance material delivery operation spanning thousands of miles was very safe, and it landed directly in NATO country Turkey made a technical stop to complete the fuel After resupplying, we took off again to Serbia. Although there are no fighter jets of the People's Liberation Army behind the Yun-20, the Yun-20 itself represents the People's Liberation Army. It has the powerful People's Liberation Army as its backing, and it also has the support of the powerful China. Even if there are no fighter jets behind the Yun-20, no one will Dare to exercise 20!
Yun 20 brought relief supplies to Afghanistan
C17 What did it bring to Afghanistan?
Since entering service in 2016, the mass production of the Y-20 has been proceeding steadily. According to various information, the current number of the Air Force Y-20 is approaching a hundred aircraft. After my country's Yun-20 enters service, it will not only greatly enhance the People's Liberation Army's long-range force projection capabilities, but also improve my country's overseas support and rescue capabilities, such as the delivery of disaster relief supplies to Afghanistan this time. In fact, half of the more than 20 flights abroad were carried out on humanitarian rescue missions. This is completely different from the US military's military transport aircraft , which basically revolve around the US military's "war machine". From this perspective It seems that the increase in the scale of my country's Yun-20 and its increasingly advanced performance are also very beneficial to other friendly countries and have played a huge and positive role.
