The Shenyang WS-20 ( zh, c=涡扇-20, p=Wōshàn-20, l=turbofan-20) is a high- bypass

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aircraft engine An aircraft engine, often referred to as an aero engine, is the power component of an aircraft propulsion system. Aircraft using power components are referred to as powered flight. Most aircraft engines are either piston engines or gas turbin ...

PLAAF The People's Liberation Army Air Force, also referred to as the Chinese Air Force () or the People's Air Force (), is the primary aerial warfare service of the People's Liberation Army. The PLAAF controls most of the PLA's air assets, includi ...

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strategic airlifter An airlift is the organized delivery of supplies or personnel primarily via military transport aircraft. Airlifting consists of two distinct types: strategic and tactical. Typically, strategic airlifting involves moving material long distan ...

s, it is currently installed in limited numbers. It is based on the core of the low-bypass turbofan

Shenyang WS-10 The Shenyang WS-10 (), codename Taihang, is a turbofan engine designed and built by the People's Republic of China. Chinese media reported 266 engines were manufactured from 2010 to 2012 for the J-11 program. Unofficial estimates placed prod ...

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Ilyushin Il-76 The Ilyushin Il-76 (; NATO reporting name: Candid) is a multi-purpose, fixed-wing, four-engine turbofan strategic airlifter designed by the Soviet Union's Ilyushin design bureau as a commercial freighter in 1967, to replace the Antonov An-1 ...

began by 2013. Development continued in 2021. Images of Y-20 equipped with WS-20s emerged in 2022. The Y-20 and the WS-20 may have entered PLAAF service by March 2023. Photos showed Y-20 with the PLAAF roundels and colours at Kaifeng Air Base.

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Xi'an Y-20 The Xi'an Y-20 Kunpeng () is a large military transport aircraft that was developed by the Xi'an Aircraft Industrial Corporation for the People's Republic of China (PRC). While the official series name of the aircraft is '' Kunpeng'', a mythical ...

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