Pace Visits Chinese Air Base, Checks Out Su-27 Fighter-Bomber
Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Peter Pace toured Anshan Air Base, home of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force's 1st Air Division, and he examined a Chinese-built Su-27. Photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. D. Myles Cullen.
Pace, Army Command Sgt. Maj. William J. Gainey, the senior enlisted advisor to the chairman, and Air Force Brig. Gen. Ralph Jodice, the defense attaché at the American embassy in Beijing, climbed into the cockpit of the aircraft. In addition, Chinese pilots flew four aircraft around the airfield to give the chairman and his party a small look at what the aircraft can do in the air.
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Pace Visits Chinese Air Base, Checks Out Su-27 Fighter-Bomber
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