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  "id": "y-20-kunpeng",
  "name": "Y-20 Kunpeng (Chubby Girl)",
  "aliases": [
    "Nickname: Chubby Girl"
  ],
  "domain": "air",
  "country": "CHN",
  "category": "Strategic transport aircraft",
  "status": null,
  "fielded": 2013,
  "operators": [
    "CHN"
  ],
  "prolif_count": 1,
  "summary": "The Xi'an Y-20 (Chinese: 运-20; pinyin: Yùn-20; lit.: 'transport-20') is a large military transport aircraft. The project is being developed by Xi'an Aircraft Industrial Corporation and was officially launched in 2006.",
  "specs": [
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Manufacturer",
      "section": "system",
      "v": "Xi'an Aircraft Industrial Corporation",
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      "conf": "medium"
    },
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      "k": "crew",
      "v": 3,
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      "conf": "medium"
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      "v": 47,
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      "conf": "medium"
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      "k": "height_m",
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      "conf": "medium"
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      "k": "width_m",
      "v": 50,
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      "conf": "medium",
      "label": "Wingspan"
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      "k": "",
      "label": "Wing area",
      "section": "dims",
      "v": "310 sq m",
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      "conf": "medium"
    },
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      "k": "mass_kg",
      "v": 100000,
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      ],
      "conf": "medium",
      "label": "Empty weight"
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      "conf": "medium",
      "label": "Max takeoff weight"
    },
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      "k": "engine_name",
      "v": "4 x Soloviev D-30KP-2",
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      "conf": "medium"
    },
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      "label": "Thrust / power",
      "section": "mobility",
      "v": "26,455 lb (12,000 kg) static thrust",
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      "k": "speed_kmh",
      "v": 800,
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      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "ceiling_m",
      "v": 13000,
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      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Ferry range",
      "section": "mobility",
      "v": "8,000 km",
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      "conf": "medium"
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  "variants": [
    {
      "name": "Y-20A",
      "text": "Base variant, with Soloviev D-30KP-2 engines.",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Y-20B",
      "text": "Variant with WS-20 engines",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Y-20U Aerial Tanker",
      "text": "Aerial tanker variant under development. Planned to be able to carry about 90 tons of fuel, similar to the Il-78.",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Y-20 AEW",
      "text": "Airborne early warning and control variant under development.",
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    },
    {
      "name": "YY-20",
      "text": "The YY-20 now likely provides China’s PLA Air Force and PLA Naval Aviation with greater flexibility, endurance, and range, not only for strike aircraft but also for critical enablers such as airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft.",
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    }
  ],
  "art": "bomber",
  "image": {
    "file": "y-20-kunpeng.jpg",
    "thumb": "y-20-kunpeng-thumb.jpg",
    "credit": "Nikita Zhuravlev from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia",
    "license": "CC BY-SA 2.0",
    "url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:China_Air_Force_-_Xian_Y-20_-_20047_(53788586905).png",
    "title": "File:China Air Force - Xian Y-20 - 20047 (53788586905).png"
  },
  "verified": null,
  "changelog": [
    {
      "date": "2026-10-10",
      "change": "Entry created from the Worldwide Equipment Guide (ODIN), bulk import"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-10-10",
      "change": "Added photo (CC BY-SA 2.0)"
    }
  ],
  "url": "https://www.defensepedia.com/systems/y-20-kunpeng.html",
  "sources": {
    "weg-y-20-kunpeng": {
      "title": "Y-20 Kunpeng (Chubby Girl) Chinese Strategic Transport Aircraft",
      "publisher": "U.S. Army TRADOC G-2 Worldwide Equipment Guide (ODIN)",
      "url": "https://odin.t2com.army.mil/WEG/Asset/Y-20_Kunpeng_Chubby_Girl_Chinese_Strategic_Transport_Aircraft",
      "published": "2026-03-20",
      "tier": 1,
      "checked": "2026-10-10"
    }
  }
}