26 February 2023 (21:05-UTC-07 Tango 06) 07 Esfand 1401/05 Sha’ban 1444/07 Jia-Yin(2nd month) 4721/26 февраля 2023 года

On 25FEB2023, the Aviation Industry Corporation (AvIC) of China  reported that they sold an undisclosed number of its latest 4th/5th generation training aircraft to a U.S. ally; the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

The deal was apparently made during the recent 16th International Defense Exhibition and Conference (IDEX) in Abu Dhabi.  The L-15 looks very similar to the Russian Yak-130 and NATO-Italy’s Aermacchi M-346.  Apparently, the L-15 is the nomenclature assigned by the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) for the export version of the JL-10 trainer.

According to the PLA, the turbines powering the L-15/JL-10 are made in Ukraine; Ivchenko-Progress AI-222-25F turbofans!

PLA video, twin engined JL-10 flies alongside older training aircraft of the Harbin Flight Academy, April 2022:

In 2021, Chinese military sales reps said the toughest market to sell weapons in is in The Middle East (South West Asia), and that the L-15 can compete with Western systems: “After the Airshow China in Zhuhai in October, China brought it to Dubai, reflecting the importance it attaches to the Middle East arms trade market. Now, the L-15 is at the same level of the products of these developed countries, and offers more advantages in terms of price.”-Wang Yanan, aerospace science and technology analyst

PLA video of Shijiazhuang Flight Academy’s JL-10, 10FEB2021:

In 2018, the PLA Navy got a navalized version called JL-10H.

The People’s Republic of China makes the same claim about its military industrial complex that the United States does; that it is about building global peace and security.

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