
PLA Daily publishes image of four-engine military transport with refuelling pods
An image published by the PLA Daily shows a Y-20B aircraft with refuelling pods during loading training, with state media and military commentators confirming its service entry.
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The Y-20 is a large military transport aircraft developed by Xi'an Aircraft Industrial Corporation for the Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force.
An image published by the PLA Daily newspaper on October 14 shows the four-engine aircraft painted in standard military grey, with refuelling pods beneath its wings and its rear cargo ramp open as a truck carrying equipment is behind it.
The caption said an unnamed air force unit was conducting loading training in mid-autumn. While the PLA Daily did not identify the aircraft, state broadcaster China Media Group and China Military Bugle, a PLA News Media Centre social media account, both identified it as a Y-20B on Monday.
A Chinese military commentator had already concluded in an October 13 opinion piece that the MRTT version had formally entered service, citing photographs showing the aircraft in PLA Air Force livery with refuelling pods fitted.

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