[Official announcement! ] L-15 "Falcon" higher education aircraft will be exported to the United Arab Emirates] According to the official release of the aviation industry, China and the United Arab Emirates successfully signed a procurement contract for L-15 "Falcon" senior instructors, the first batch of procurement quantities of about 12 to 15 aircraft, for the upgraded version with aerial refueling capabilities, it is reported that this batch of L-15 will be the first to equip the Emirates Air Force "Knight" flight performance team, replacing the Italian-made MB-339A trainer, The air demonstration team performs and escorts at various UAE celebrations and visits by foreign leaders, and the more iconic action is to pull out the UAE flag with colored smoke. At this Abu Dhabi International Defense Exhibition, the aviation industry rarely displayed the L-15 high-education aircraft model printed with the UAE Air Force livery, which can be regarded as giving face to the UAE bigwigs.
In fact, the export of L-15 to the UAE is completely expected, as early as more than two years ago the UAE Air Force conducted a test of the L-15 trainer, this signing is a process, for this UAE attaches great importance to the defense exhibition to add some highlights, but also brush the turnover. In addition to the first batch of more than a dozen, the UAE Air Force may also purchase dozens of L-15s in the future, responsible for the daily training of UAE pilots and relatively low-intensity patrol and ground strike missions, and the successful export of the L-15 has basically broken the previous rumors that the L-15 could not be delivered due to engine problems, although the L-15 uses AL-222-25 engines from Motor Sic, but at present, with the rapid progress of domestic engines, domestic "Minshan" The engine is likely to have made a breakthrough and is expected to be carried on the L-15 produced in the future, so this is undoubtedly a huge good news for the export of the L-15 and the development of the fourth-generation trainer aircraft of our army in the future.
In addition to L-15, at the Abu Dhabi International Defense Exhibition, the aviation industry also brought a series of excellent aviation products such as "Wing Loong" 10A, AR-500W, AR-36, VESPA "Steller Bee", Y-20, FC-31, etc., and other Chinese exhibitors also brought a series of advanced weapons and equipment, hoping that Chinese weapons and equipment can achieve more and better export results! @ToutiaoNumber@ToutiaoMilitary@Toutiao Aviation
