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bafanguy
17th Feb 2018, 15:09
What's the story on this model of B-29...and those engines ? Looks like an AWACS gizmo on top:

Military - Adler Photo (http://www.adler-photo.com/Aviation/Military/i-nqfxR8g/A)

Jhieminga
17th Feb 2018, 15:19
A Chinese AWACS based on a Tupolev TU-4. Which in itself is a reverse engineered (unlicensed) copy of the B-29.

See here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/KJ-1_AEWC

bafanguy
17th Feb 2018, 15:44
A Chinese AWACS based on a Tupolev TU-4. Which in itself is a reverse engineered (unlicensed) copy of the B-29.

Jhieminga,

Thanks. Never woulda seen THAT explanation comin' ! :ok: