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Source record CMC Political Work Department · 2026-07-09

Slash Servicemembers, Kunpeng Makers

斜杠军人 鲲鹏创客

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DeskChina Desk
Publishing institutionCMC Political Work Department
Source outletPLA Daily (解放军报) (pla_daily)
Source languagezh-Hans — an attribute of the source, not of this record
Source-stated publication date2026-07-09
Original URLhttp://www.81.cn/kj_208559/16472647.html
Collected at2026-07-09 15:42:10 — collection metadata, not a publication time
Content fingerprintc42ca47f0992380c3e82511c97c2ae2eefd7c4bdee8ad83b57b9603e8e057067 — taken when the record was captured, over the stored original title and text
Collection run83
Analysis modelclaude-sonnet-4-6
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空军航空兵某团是全军最早组建的运输机部队。进入新时代,这支部队全面换装运-20(代号“鲲鹏”)系列飞机,战略投送能力不断提升,支撑边界不断拓展,成为“大国之翼”。 鲲鹏的一道道壮丽航迹,离不开该团官兵的创新突破。他们成立了“鲲鹏之翼”创新工作室,推出任务规划系统等多项成果。他们中有“手搓代码的飞行高手”“外科医生”“神算子”“中医团队”……他们既是战斗员,也是研究员。他们是“斜杠军人,鲲鹏创客”。 (视频策划/制作:“学习强国”记者范占英 张洁)

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An unidentified PLA Air Force aviation regiment — described as the military's oldest transport unit — has fully transitioned to the Y-20 and established an in-unit innovation studio called 'Wings of the Kunpeng,' which has produced tools including a mission planning system developed by aircrew members. The article documents a recurring institutional pattern in PLA aviation units: pushing technical development and software work down to the operator level rather than relying solely on the defense industrial base, here framed as a cultural identity ('slash servicemembers, Kunpeng makers') to normalize the dual combatant-researcher role. The specific claim that aircrew hand-coded a mission planning system raises the question of how much Y-20 operational software development is occurring organically within units versus through formal AVIC or PLA procurement channels.

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Source text. CMC Political Work Department. "斜杠军人 鲲鹏创客." PLA Daily (解放军报), 2026-07-09. http://www.81.cn/kj_208559/16472647.html.

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