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Beijing's Kongjing No.1
Qiao Zhe of Beijing, China writes: Kongjing (early warning) No.1 was serviced in PLAAF (People Liberation Army Air Force) in the 1970s. China bought a bomber, TU-4, from the Soviet Union and then modified it as an airborne early warning aircraft (The disc radar has been removed in this picture). The Soviet Union got a B-29 accidentally at the end of WWII and then copied out its own TU-4. This aircraft is now kept in China Aviation Museum near Beijing. This picture was taken on Nov.15 2009, the 60th anniversary of PLAAF.
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Comments
a reverse-engineered version of an already reverse-engineered version of a Boeing B-29
Posted by Bill T. on January 17,2012 | 09:42AM
Air and Space has a great article about the TU-4 Bull.
http://www.airspacemag.com/military-aviation/USSR.html
Posted by Mark Breeding on January 17,2012 | 09:45AM