A group of Y-20 transport aircraft of Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force recently carried out intensive multi-aircraft formation and long-range training in complex weather conditions and unfamiliar airspace.

The training highlighted system coordination, autonomous navigation and on-the-spot decision-making, comprehensively honing the strategic delivery and long-range air mobility capabilities of large transport aircraft units in unfamiliar battlefield environments. In a training session that started at noon in southwest China, multiple Y-20s smoothly rolled out onto the tarmac and assembled into a formation after taking off, heading toward designated target airspace.