On the morning of the 29th, the Chinese air force held a press conference at the 13th China International Aerospace Expo to introduce the development of air force construction. The unmanned reconnaissance-8 UAV on display at the air show. Xinhua News Agency Rainbow-4 UAV flight performance. Luan Cheng photo Wang Wei, deputy commander of the air force, said that at this air show, the air force's multi-type fighters participated in the air and ground together, and j-20, yun-20, new UAVs, special combat aircraft, as well as a variety of ground air defense weapons and new radars, which fully demonstrated the new achievements of the air force's strategic transformation and the new development of air force. The Chinese air force has the ability and confidence to safeguard national air and space security, safeguard national unity, and contribute to the maintenance of world peace. Wang Zhilong, deputy director of the air force's equipment department, introduced that in recent years, the air force has focused on the plateau, sea and other directions, carried out targeted equipment development and capability improvement, and effectively supported the air force's normalized organization of offshore and plateau training. When introducing the j-10c, j-16d and other improved fighters, he said that the j-10c is a multi-purpose fighter improved and developed on the basis of the J-10, and the comprehensive combat effectiveness has been greatly improved. J-16d is a new type of electronic warfare aircraft independently developed on the platform of j-16, which further improves the electronic attack capability of the air force. Actively adapting to the changing threat and complex battlefield environment, meeting diversified and multi task requirements, and continuously improving and developing weapons and equipment by means of "one generation platform and multi generation system" are effective ways to maximize the combat effectiveness of equipment. At present, the air force is following the idea of "exploration generation, pre research generation and equipment generation", closely focusing on the goal of building a world-class strategic air force, continuously, healthily and orderly promoting the construction and development of weapons and equipment, so as to ensure that national sovereignty, security and development interests are not infringed. Tang Changhong, chief designer of yun-20, said that as a large multi-purpose transport aircraft with both strategy and tactics, since its service, yun-20 has completed various tasks excellently, basically met the design expectations, and will play a greater value in the process of continuous improvement and improvement. He also revealed that yun-20 has been equipped with domestic engines for flight test, with superior performance. At the same time, air force spokesman Shen Jinke announced an exciting news: on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the air force's recruitment of the first batch of female pilots, there were female pilots on the yun-20 aircraft for the first time. (Li Jincheng, Li Jianwen) (outlook new era)