The reporters learned from relevant department of the Air Force of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) that the "August First" Aerobatics Team of the PLA Air Force which took the lead in flying over the Tian'anmen Square during an air show of the military parade in honor of the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China is to replace its demonstration aircraft with type J-10 fighter planes.

J-10 fighter planes of the aerobatics team

Independently developed and designed by China, the J-10 fighter planes of the aerobatics team will also adopt a new coating. This is the 4th time for the team to adopt a new coating for its demonstration aircraft since its establishment.

It's introduced that the coated marks mainly include symbols of national flag, army emblem, aircraft emblem, words of "CHINA AIR FORCE", team emblem, aircraft number,flight formation, as well as the maintenance and warning marks.

The coating has distinct characteristics and "China Air Force" is the theme of the whole scheme. The national flag coated on the vertical tail, the words of "[CHINA AIR FORCE" coated in the mid part of the aircraft body and the aircraft emblem coated on the aerofoil,all reflect the feature of PLA Air Force and have obvious representation.

The "[arrow-shaped" pattern designed in combination with the aeronautic appearance and the "[Flying" mark on the underside symbolize that the PLA Air Force is developing rapidly.

Blue, white and red colors are used in the coating with blue color as the main hue, for blue is the universal color adopted by most top aerobatic teams in the world. The coating well inherited the coating style of the type J-7EB/GB demonstration fighters with harmonious color which is concise, lively, solemn, artistic and easy to distinguish.