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PLA Air Force hints at 'new stuff' in anniversary celebration video

Global Times

By Liu Xuanzun Published: Nov 10, 2025 10:19 PM

The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force teased "new stuff in a video released Monday ahead of its upcoming 76th founding anniversary, offering a brief glimpse of what seems to be a new-type aircraft.

To mark its 76th founding anniversary, the PLA Air Force will release a themed microfilm titled "Distant Dreams." Through the unique perspective of an ordinary family, the microfilm portrays the leaps in development and transformation of the PLA Air Force over time. It highlights the sense of mission and responsibility of Air Force officers and airmen, as well as the profound bond between the military and the people, according to a social media post on Sina Weibo by the PLA Air Force on Monday, which is attached with a one-minute trailer of the microfilm.

China Military Bugle, an official media outlet under the PLA News Media Center, noted that the PLA Air Force's microfilm trailer featured a "new stuff."

The "new stuff" mentioned by China Military Bugle appears at the end of the video, as a massive hangar door opens to reveal a partially obscured aircraft under a Chinese national flag. Only a small section of the aircraft is visible, with its full design remaining concealed.

After viewing the video, Song Zhongping, a Chinese military affairs expert, told the Global Times that although only a small portion of the "new stuff" is visible, it appears to have a central dorsal air intake at where a cockpit would normally be. Combined with its streamlined dorsal design, this suggests it could be a large stealth drone.

China has previously unveiled a range of stealth armed reconnaissance drones, including the GJ-11 and CH-7 armed reconnaissance drones. In addition, at the V-Day military parade in Beijing on September 3, China for the first time displayed wingman drones and air superiority drones.

Song added that other possibilities remain, as most of the aircraft is still concealed. With China's rapid advances in aviation, electronics, materials and other technologies, the emergence of a type of new aircraft would not be surprising.

Highlighting the PLA Air Force's achievements at its 76th founding anniversary, Song said that the PLA Air Force is developing at a rapid pace, providing a solid foundation to defend China's national sovereignty, security, development interests while safeguarding peace and stability.