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| The first Y-9 airlifter delivered to PLA Ground Force |
According to the Chinese state-owned online media army.81.cn, the People's Liberation Army Aviation received its first Y-9 medium size military transport aircraft. The aircraft was officially inducted in PLA Ground Force's inventory after it landed at an undisclosed airbase at 9:28 AM on Dec. 23, 2016.
The development of Y-9 began in 2001 to produce a C-130J-class transport to replace the older Y-8, itself based on the Soviet Antonov An-12 medium size transport aircraft.
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