Photo ID 121482 by Baldur Sveinsson. China Air Force Tupolev Tu 4 AWACS, 4114
China - Air Force Tupolev Tu-4 AWACS 4114 at Datangshan, China
Photo ID 121484 by FEUILLIN Alexis. France Air Force Dassault Dornier Alpha Jet E, E95
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    A turboprop conversion of the russian B-29 copy made into an AWACS bird. Same engines as in the IL-18. Ingenious people the Chinese.

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seadog96   2013-06-14  
There is an interesting story behind the Russian's reverse engineering. When they completed the first aircraft it found later they had copy the aircraft so exact it was found even the patches on the skin of the aircraft from battle damaged.

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