Air Force August 1st Aerobatic Team to Fly Over Huangyaguan Great Wall in Tianjin

Source-stated date: 4 November 2026 · PLA Daily (解放军报)

空军八一飞行表演队将飞越天津黄崖关长城

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Published4 November 2026, by CMC Political Work Department
Collected2026-11-04 20:01:31 UTC, run 195
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The Air Force August 1st Aerobatic Team will fly six J-10 aircraft in a low-altitude formation pass over the Huangyaguan Great Wall in Tianjin's Jizhou district at approximately 11:00 a.m. on November 6, trailing red, yellow, and blue smoke for roughly 30 minutes as part of activities marking the PLA Air Force's 77th founding anniversary. The article documents the team's recurring use of heritage landmarks as backdrops for public-facing displays — Huangyaguan in 2018, the Egyptian Pyramids in 2024, and now Huangyaguan again — a pattern that frames the aerobatic team primarily as a soft-power and domestic prestige instrument rather than a combat-readiness demonstration. The framing of the flyover as coinciding with "low-altitude valley flight training" nominally ties the event to a training rationale, but the article provides no detail on training objectives, leaving the operational content of that claim unverifiable.

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按照庆祝人民空军成立77周年系列宣传活动统一安排，11月6日11时许，空军八一飞行表演队6架歼-10表演机，结合低空山谷飞行训练，组织飞越天津黄崖关长城，时长约30分钟。届时，6机编队将采取低空通场方式飞行，在黄崖关长城上空拉出红、黄、蓝三色彩烟，以奋飞姿态致敬蓝天，以壮美航迹礼赞山河。银翼掠雄关，彩练舞青山。近年来，被誉为“中国蓝天仪仗队”的空军八一飞行表演队，不断以精彩亮相向世界展现中国力量、传递和平友谊，航迹遍布祖国山河与异域长空。此次飞越，是空军八一飞行表演队继2018年飞越黄崖关长城、2024年飞越埃及金字塔上空后，再次飞越世界地标性建筑，以标志性航迹贯通古今，定格千年长城与“蓝天长城”同框的经典瞬间。黄崖关长城坐落于天津蓟州北部，是世界文化遗产，万里长城的重要组成部分，素有“蓟北雄关”之称。长城沿山脊盘亘起伏，东以悬崖为屏，西以陡峭为依、水陆关隘，古寨营盘一应俱全，“黄崖夕照”、“二龙戏水”、“云海烟波”三大奇观闻名于世，被誉为“万里长城之缩影”。精彩航迹，期待我们共同见证！

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Source-stated publication date	2026-11-04
Original URL	http://www.81.cn/kj_208559/16498047.html
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Collection run	195
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Source text. CMC Political Work Department. "空军八一飞行表演队将飞越天津黄崖关长城." PLA Daily (解放军报), 2026-11-04. http://www.81.cn/kj_208559/16498047.html.

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