http://tw.news.yahoo.com/article/url/d/a/080707/1/12pxq.html

7 July 2008:
First batch of 22 PLAAF female student pilots formally begin fighter pilot training.
Back in 2005, chosen from 200K applicants from 12 provinces.
Already completed PLAAF aviation university and basic formation flight courses.
PLAAF already has seven batches of transport aircraft female pilots.

(No photo.
Article (IMO carelessly) claims Japan has fighter female pilots, and I disagree.)

http://tw.news.yahoo.com/article/url/d/a/080705/60/12mt7.html

5 July 2008:
CCK AB, ROCAF.
Flight simulator and 200+ primary school students.
Summer camp organised by Chang Hua City Community University.
http://bl.fgs.org.tw/zhu/

(Small photo.)

http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20080705-00000239-mailo-l45
http://mainichi.jp/area/miyazaki/news/20080705ddlk45040593000c.html

4 July 2008:
Ensign Shimizu Sayuri (26).
Helicopter female pilot, JMSDF, based at Atsugi JMSDF Base, Kanagawa Prefecture.

Spoke as job guidance for 13 graduating students at her old school, Fukushima Prefectural Fukushima High School, Fukushima City, Fukushima Prefecture.
http://www.fukushima-h.fks.ed.jp/index.html

One of eight JMSDF female pilots.
Grew up in Kushima City, Miyazaki Prefecture.
In middle school, second year, she and father went to Nyuutabaru AB air show, saw USAF female pilot exited fighter, and dreamt to become pilot.
In Prefectural Fukushima High School, third year, failed exam to become aviation student, and entered university.
Later, passed exam, and passed six years training.
April 2008, assigned to Atsugi JMSDF Base.

[No, cannot find her photo.]

http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20080705-00000023-yom-soci

5 July 2008:
JASDF and JMSDF tasked with security for G8 Summit, at and near Touyako, Hokkaidou.

JASDF:
CAP above Touyako by pairs of F-2 or F-15, based at Chitose AB, Hokkaidou, and Misawa AB, Aomori Prefecture.
AWACS and E-2C, based at Hamamatsu AB.
Patriot PAC-2, based at Yakumo JASDF Base, 60 km from Touyako.

JMSDF:
Two Aegis destroyers and 10 destroyers.
One of two Aegis destroyers is JDS Kongou.

http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20080706-00000013-ryu-oki

6 July 2008:
New international flights terminal, then new domestic flights terminal, to be built at Naha AP, Okinawa Prefecture.
Naha AP shared by JASDF and JMSDF.

http://tw.news.yahoo.com/article/url/d/a/080701/69/12c2y.html
http://tw.news.yahoo.com/article/url/d/a/080701/11/12bs3.html

1 July 2008:
First five female students at ROCAF officers’ academy in Kao Hsiung County, Taiwan, ROC.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/mil/2008-07/03/content_8483578.htm

Before 7 July 2008:
South Sea Fleet, PLAN, new type of marines-carrying, ship-based transport helo first lands on PLAN ship.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/mil/2008-07/03/content_8481978.htm

18-20 June 2008:
More Chinese UAVs.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/tech/2008-06/29/content_8456775.htm

18 March 1991:
About 18:00, flight 3556 from Hong Qiao AP, Shang Hai City, to Ji Nan AP, Ji Nan City, Shan Dong Province, met an UFO.

(Yeah, right. I’m amazed that Xin Hua Net has enough sense of humour to post this.)

http://www.asagumo-news.com/news/200806/080626/08062604.html

15 June 2008:
One day after earthquake in Iwate and Miyagi Prefectures, JASDF and JMSDF aircraft tasked with aerial photography for damage assessment.

UC-90 “Kunikaze” of 202nd Kyouiku Hikoutai, JMSDF, at Tokushima AB.

RF-4E, #901 and #907, of 501st Hikoutai, JASDF, at Hyakuri AB.

Article has details: dates, times, pilots’ ranks and names, assessed areas.

http://www.fencecheck.com/photography/Beijing/

“Beijing by Michael de Boer”

Both museums exhibit P-51Ds in Chinese markings.

One really out-of-place aircraft in the collection is an Italian F-104S ASA, serial number mm6795, donated by the Italian Air Force. No mention is made of the fact that during the Vietnam War, a PLAAF F-6 shot down a USAF F-104C that had strayed over Hainan Island. Another oddity is a replica of an AH-64 Apache. A Chinese colonel allegedly fabricated the life-size model in his spare time! When I first saw it in 2001 I couldn’t believe my eyes, until I realized it was a fake. It is on display next to a Mi-24 Hind in wild camouflage, which has bullet-holes in the Perspex of its front cockpit.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/mil/2008-06/27/content_8449533.htm
to
http://news.xinhuanet.com/mil/2008-06/27/content_8449533_1.htm

http://news.xinhuanet.com/mil/2008-06/27/content_8448787.htm

Hua Ying (“Chinese Eagle”) UAV.
Photographed towns in Si Chuan Province hit by 5.12 earthquake.
Auto-pilot with GPS-guided navigation. Flight radius 15 klicks, for three hours.

http://www.recordchina.co.jp/group/g16910.html

19 March 2008:
PLAAF jet fighter wrecks spotted at a junk yard in Chang An Village, Dong Guan City, Guang Dong Province.
Probably J-5 orMiG-15.
Comrades 32085, 61440, &c.

http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20080627-00000023-rcdc-cn

DD-113 JDS Sazanami (“Ripple”) of JMSDF, at Zhan Jiang PLAN Base, Guang Dong Province.
Crew member Maruyama Takayuki’s (39, weather officer) first impression: amazed by size of the military port, and the number of warships there.