China's J-10C fighter jets have arrived in Egypt, demonstrating to the Egyptian Air Force how China's system will defeat the West! According to reports by an Egyptian news website on April 19, 2025, images showed China's Air Force J-10C fighter jets and YU-20 tanker aircraft arriving at an Egyptian airbase to participate in joint military exercises between China and Egypt. This officially confirms that China's Air Force J-10C fighter jets and YU-20 tanker aircraft have arrived at the Egyptian airbase, preparing for air combat exercises with the Egyptian Air Force. Previously, China's YUN-20 transport aircraft and KJ-500 early warning aircraft had already arrived at the Egyptian airbase.
Modern air warfare makes early warning aircraft a force multiplier. If the Egyptian Air Force's J-10CE fighters do not have a few KJ-500 early warning aircraft, it would be almost like buying them in vain. The arrival of the KJ-500 early warning aircraft in Egypt is a matter of course. Moreover, the active phased array radar of the J-10CE fighter can detect aerial targets at a distance of about 200 kilometers, while the KJ-500 early warning aircraft can detect targets at 500-600 kilometers away, then guide the PL-15 long-range air-to-air missiles of the J-10CE fighter to intercept within 150-200 kilometers.
Furthermore, China's KJ-500 early warning aircraft is estimated to be used to protect transport aircraft, fighter jets, and tanker aircraft for guidance. After all, flying over the Red Sea theater, if the U.S. military causes trouble, the KJ-500 early warning aircraft will guide the J-10 fighters to counteract U.S. aircraft carriers and carrier-based aircraft. That's interesting; the U.S. military has not yet discovered the arrival of China's YU-20 tanker aircraft and J-10C fighter jets in Egypt.
Is China's Air Force making such a grand move just to give the Egyptians a demonstration? If there are also Chinese air defense missiles and KJ-500 early warning aircraft, it forms quite an air combat small system. This time, we sent a small system mainly to prove to the Egyptians how China's system will defeat the West! After all, the Egyptian Air Force has F-16s, Rafales, MiG-29 fighters, and E-2 Hawkeye early warning aircraft. In short, what our surrounding opponents have, Egypt also has, and they can "arrange a match" or "practice together." This time, the deployment of China's Air Force is to boost confidence for the Egyptian Air Force, hoping that the Egyptian Air Force does not mentally consider the Israeli Air Force armed by American technology as invincible. The biggest problem for Egypt is its dependence on U.S. aid. The United States provides $1.3 billion in annual military aid to Egypt, but it is precisely this aid that restricts the modernization of Egypt's military, resulting in the Egyptian Air Force being far behind the Israeli Air Force.
Source: https://www.toutiao.com/article/1829862960856074/
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