Sino-egyptian“Eagle of civilization-2025” Air Force joint training 4 at an Egyptian air base closed. This is the first joint air force training between China and Egypt, lasting 18 days. China and Egypt have conducted discussions and exchanges on training modes, air combat tactics and aerial refueling, and completed training on such subjects as air combat, suppression of air defense, battlefield search and rescue and mixed formation.
This joint training is also the first time that the Chinese Air Force has dispatched its system forces to Africa to carry out joint training. Within a short period of time after being stationed, it has completed such preparatory work as equipment deployment, theoretical teaching, mission planning, and command and control coordination, the successful first flight demonstrates the capabilities of the Chinese Air Force in long-range delivery, agile deployment and system operations.
In the exercise, China sent J-10c, Yunyou-20 and other fighters to take part. Pictures released on the official wechat account of the People’s Air Force show that on April 28, Chinese Air Force Y-20 and Egyptian Air Force MIG-29 aircraft participated in a joint training exercise for aerial refueling.
Chinese and Egyptian Air Force MIG-29 aircraft take part in an air-to-air refuelling exercise during the china-egypt“Eagle of civilization 2025” air force training in Cairo, Egypt, April 28,2010. Homepage image by People’s Air Force
The“Eagle of Civilization 2025” is a demonstration of military exchanges between Egypt and China aimed at strengthening military cooperation between the two countries, and the exercise has achieved the desired results, Egyptian newspaper Izvestia said. Reported that this is after last year, the Chinese Air Force August 1st to participate in the Egyptian air show over the pyramids, the Chinese fighter jets flying over the pyramids again.
The Al Jazeera said the“Eagle of civilisation 2025” exercise took place against a backdrop of regional and international tensions and involved a variety of weapons, equipment and fighter jets. The report quoted experts as saying the exercises strengthened the country’s drive to diversify its sources of weapons, allowing it to avoid overdependence on any single geopolitical Bloc and strengthening its broader diplomatic Non-Aligned Movement, at the same time for the test of Chinese aircraft to provide a realistic opportunity. Ferradj, an Egyptian military expert, said the exercises were not directed at any particular party and reflected a trend towards restoring the balance in military relations.