CASI 70 Years of the PLA Air Force (PDF)

[helmutkohl]

Two days ago, the US Air Force's China Aerospace Studies Institute just released the book
70 years of the PLAAF

and.... ITS FREE!!!

link here

https://www.airuniversity.af.edu/Portals/10/CASI/documents/Research/PLAAF/2021-04-12%20CASI_70%20Years%20of%20the%20PLAAF_FINAL%20ALL.pdf

it doesnt focus so much on the equipment
but more on its structure, history, organization, etc

 

[UpForce]

Ni hao,

to mark this year's Zhuhai airshow, here's "70 Years of the PLA Air Force" (PDF by Kenneth W. Allen and Cristina L. Garafola, April 12, 2021, China Aerospace Studies Institute, USAF Air University). The tome comes at a fairly hefty 474 pages.

https://www.airuniversity.af.edu/Portals/10/CASI/documents/Research/PLAAF/2021-04-12%20CASI_70%20Years%20of%20the%20PLAAF_FINAL%20ALL.pdf?ver=hTom1CXAjt0VTGTJzJBGAQ%3D%3D

CASI website:

China Aerospace Studies Institute

A podcast primer with the writers:

Episode 38: Adversary Insights: Understanding Chinese Airpower - Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies

Episode Summary In episode 38 of the Mitchell Institute’s Aerospace Advantage podcast Adversary Insights: Understanding Chinese Airpower, host John “Slick” Baum is joined by Dr Brendan Mulvaney and Ken Allen of Air University’s China Aerospace Studies Institute (CASI), Cristina Garafola or RAND...

mitchellaerospacepower.org

Edit: Well, despite me trying to search if this had been posted earlier and finding nothing, "Similar threads" now tells me that "helmutkohl" has already posted about this report. Sorry about the confusion and the trouble, moderators, feel free to join the discussions (I think the podcast is new and a good introduction before delving into the book itself) or even delete if necessary.

 

[overscan (PaulMM)]

Merged topics! Worth a repost.