From "Air Infantry" to "Air Group Army" to "Air Synthetic Force",
airborne troops accelerated their transformation towards "Synthetic Air Force"
Our reporter Li Jianwen and special correspondent Jiang Long report: In early summer, a certain type of wheeled armored vehicle independently developed by my country was formally installed on a synthetic brigade of airborne troops, adding a "hot wheel" to the "flying army". As a new type of informational armored equipment, the vehicle has strong maneuverability, excellent firepower attack capability, and excellent comprehensive protection performance. It is suitable for the air transport and airdrop of the main aircraft of our army and fills the gap in the wheeled armored equipment of airborne troops.
This year marks the 70th anniversary of the establishment of the Air Force Airborne Corps, and the construction of airborne weapons and equipment has gone through an extraordinary course of 70 years. For quite a long time after its formation, the airborne troops followed the light-pack mode of "one umbrella and one gun" and were in the development stage of "air infantry". In the 1990s, with the continuous breakthroughs in core capabilities and technologies such as large-scale transport aircraft successively being installed and co-landed, heavy-loaded continuous shooting, and bomb-dropped airdrops, a batch of heavy weaponry equipment was updated and airdropped to test troops and airborne. The combat force structure has also evolved from a single arm into an "air group army" composed of multiple forces including infantry, artillery, armor, missiles, and aviation. In the new century, the construction of weaponry and equipment systems has become more complete. Airborne forces have focused on exploring the modular airborne combat mode based on information systems. They have integrated the use of modules such as firepower units, special units, and helicopter units to accelerate the transformation to an "air combined force."
After a new round of national defense and military reform, the Air Force Airborne Corps integration system was incorporated into the joint operations command and force system, and it shouldered the important task of implementing "air-ground integration" combat missions in multiple strategic directions, multiple battlefield environments, and multiple arms. New and higher requirements are put forward for the support capability of the weaponry system. To this end, they focus on the development of new weapons and equipment such as air delivery, air-to-ground assault, command and control, and guided strikes. According to the chain planning of "module, unit, system, and system", the construction of weapons and equipment will be informatized and integrated. Progress.
The changes in equipment have pushed the airborne brigades to continue to take off in the construction of new quality combat capabilities. A combat capability inspection training, the brigade of an airborne force was quickly delivered to the depths of the grassland thousands of miles away. After landing, it was integrated into a fist through the information system to successfully control important targets; an airborne assault drill, the "Thunder God" commando Airborne across the sea reaches the combat area directly, and the battlefield situation is constructed through new types of accusations and reconnaissance equipment. The commander sits in the "Chinese military account" and understands the battlefield situation.
From "air infantry" to "air group army" to "air synthesis unit", the change of equipment calls for new airborne vanguards. The airborne troops formulate plans for the construction of talented personnel, and strengthen the construction and training of combat personnel by means of battle training, competitive training, post rotation training, and school delivery training. At present, 90% of the battalion company chiefs of the airborne combat forces have participated in joint combat training missions, more than 60% of the backbone of the combat have the ability to use a multi-functional weapon, a group of high-quality talents stand out, and promote the army's combat power construction to achieve a new leap .
Above: A unit of airborne troops conducts equipment airdrop training.
Special reporter Jiang Longshe
Reporter's notes
From device change to force change
When the airborne soldiers met the land weapon, our army's airborne soldiers achieved leapfrog development. The "air infantry" that used to be "one person, one umbrella, one gun" is now a system of formation and system transformation and upgrading, and it has become an important strategic arm in our army's power system. This change is encouraging.
The combat process of the airborne troops is inspiring. In the old days, our military equipment was backward, but it relied on the fighting spirit of "no fear of hardship, and no fear of death" and flexible and flexible strategies and tactics to defeat powerful opponents. The generals of our army who are "less steel and more gas" are also eager to stay in hand and have advanced weapons and equipment.
Today, after decades of construction and development, our military weapons and equipment have undergone tremendous changes. Especially in the new era, great powers have made their appearances one after another, and the speed and quality of the changes have never been greater. Our "steel" is not only more, but also more sophisticated and powerful.
The change of the device calls for the change of power. Facing the competition of military reform and the test of future wars, we should hold new domestic weaponry and equipment, we should speed up the construction of new quality combat power, explore the mastery of the winning mechanism, find the personnel "spiritual power", equipment "material power", and prepare "structure" The best combination of "force", forging a powerful and powerful force of steel in the new era, does not disappoint the motherland and the people.
Li Jianwen Jiang Long