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Nonwar, Peacekeeping, and Foreign Missions Have Informed the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) of Its Limitations

• Domestic experiences, such as participation in the 2008 Sichuan earthquake rescue effort, helped the PLAAF improve its abilities to navigate across vast distances, exercise command and control, and anticipate logistics and maintenance needs at remote locations.
• The first international exercise involving PLAAF participation overseas was Peace Mission 2007.
• The PLAAF has also carried out relief efforts to other countries as well as its first noncombatant evacuation operation involving the use of military aircraft to evacuate Chinese citizens from Libya in 2011.
• The PLAAF has recently expanded its role in foreign military exchanges by attending international air shows and air competitions beginning in 2013 and 2014, respectively.