\u201cThe \u2018Falcon Shield\u2019 joint training is a signature project of cooperation between the air forces of China and the United Arab Emirates.
\nSo far, it has been held three times and has played an important role in promoting practical cooperation between the two sides and maintaining regional peace,\u201d said Senior Colonel Zhang Xiaogang, spokesperson for China\u2019s Ministry of National Defense.
\nAddressing a press conference, he said that the militaries of China and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) held the Falcon Shield 2025 joint air force training in the UAE from December 9 to 22, 2025. For the first time, the Chinese PLA Air Force deployed its J-10 fighter jets, KJ-500 airborne early warning aircraft, and YY-20A tanker aircraft to the UAE for training.
\nParticipating troops from both sides carried out operations in mixed groups, focusing on such subjects as command simulations and air superiority combat.
\nThey also had in-depth exchanges on night combat with night-vision equipment, unmanned combat, and battlefield search and rescue, noted the spokesperson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u201cThe \u2018Falcon Shield\u2019 joint training is a signature project of cooperation between the air forces of China and the United Arab Emirates. So far, it has been held three times and has played an important role in promoting practical cooperation between the two sides and maintaining regional peace,\u201d said Senior Colonel Zhang Xiaogang, spokesperson for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":509291,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-522226","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world"},"yoast_head":"\n