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"I'll lose sleep if we don't continue to modernize our Air Force to ensure that we stay ahead of where they are," Gen. Charles Brown Jr. said.

Y-20 aerial tanker is the first capable tanker of the PLAAF and could change Chinese strategy. Deployment of the YU-20 Aerial Tanker and images of it tanking up a J-20 and J-16 means the longer range for Chinese fighters.

The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force's open day event kicked off on Friday in Changchun, Northeast China's Jilin Province, highlighted by dazzling flight performances delivered by some of China's most advanced and ready-for-combat warplanes including the J-16 multirole fighter jet, the J-20 stealth fighter jet and the Y-20 large transport aircraft, with experts saying that the show reflected the capabilities of both aircraft and pilots in safeguarding China's sovereignty, territorial integrity and interests in places like the island of Taiwan and the South China Sea.

The YU-20 aerial tanker, the force amplifier that recently entered service with the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force and made frequent appearances in exercises around the island of Taiwan earlier this month, will be a star of the show at the upcoming PLA Air Force open day event with its first static display to the general public.

The US Air Force wants a next-generation target drone that resembles a fifth-generation fighter and acts the way an enemy jet would in real combat.