Three Chinese Su-30MKK fighters have been dispatched to the Russian city of Lipetsk to participate in the Aviation Dart 2014 pilot competition, according to colonel Shen Jinke, the spokesperson of the People's Liberation Army Air Force as cited in the state-run China News Service.
The participation of the PLA Air Force in Aviation Dart 2014 will help Chinese pilots to establish a closer relationship with their Russian counterparts and allow Chinese and Russian pilots to learn how to work together in a combat environment, said Shen. Their navigation, aerobatic, aerial combat and ground attack skills will all be tested during the competition. "It serves as a platform for Chinese pilots to exchange their experience with others," said Shen.
Shen said that China's participation in this international pilot competition can also demonstrate the openness and confidence of the PLA Air Force 65 years after its establishment in 1949. As the air force is considered a strategic service of the PLA, Shen said it is better for it to learn more experience through communicating and exchanging with other superpowers which have strong and powerful air forces, such as Russia.
Various aircraft from the Russian Air Force, including attackers like the Su-25, Su-25SM, tactical bombers like the Su-24 and Su-34, fighters like the Su-27 and MiG-29, strategic bombers like the Tu-22M3 and cargo planes like the Il-76 will be in the exercise as well. Shen said that the exercise is being held to improve the coordination between Chinese and Russian pilots, but not directly or indirectly against any third nation in the northeast Asian region
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