In August 2025 the television news program National Defense and Military Affairs at Noon, which is produced by the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA), broadcast a segment showing flight instructors at the PLA Air Force’s (PLAAF) Xi’an Flight Academy undergoing training in aerial refueling. This was the first time that such training has been observed at the Xi’an Flight Academy, making Xi’an the second flight academy to have conducted such training.
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