{"id":159043,"date":"2026-10-20T10:00:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T10:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=159043"},"modified":"2026-10-20T10:00:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T10:00:11","slug":"chinese-air-force-reveals-y-20b-tanker-transport-variant-in-official-training-image","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=159043","title":{"rendered":"Chinese air force reveals Y-20B tanker-transport variant in official training image"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostChina\u2019s military has published what appears to be the first official photograph of a Y-20B heavy transport aircraft in PLA Air Force livery fitted with aerial refuelling pods, suggesting that the multi-role tanker-transport (MRTT) configuration has entered service.<br \/>\nAn image published by the PLA Daily newspaper on October 14 shows the four-engine aircraft painted in standard military grey, with refuelling pods beneath its wings and its rear cargo ramp open as a truck carrying equipment is behind&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/military\/article\/3371487\/chinese-air-force-reveals-y-20b-tanker-transport-variant-official-training-image\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostChina\u2019s military has published what appears to be the first official photograph of a Y-20B heavy transport aircraft in PLA Air Force livery fitted&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159043"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=159043"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159043\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=159043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=159043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=159043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}