
Fighter jets attached to an aviation brigade of the air force under the PLA Eastern Theater Command taxi in formation to the servicing depot for inspections prior to a flight training exercise on July 31, 2021. Photo:China Military
The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) reportedly sent 19 aircraft, most of them fighter jets and bombers, near the island of Taiwan on Sunday in a move Chinese mainland analysts said was a part of a routine drill, which displayed the unshakable power gap between the PLA and the armed forces on the island despite Taiwan’s recent military spending proposal targeting the PLA.
PLA sends 19 aircraft near Taiwan island in routine drill – Global Times



