China's Air Force is Broken.

The Chinese Air Force is among most powerful on planet Earth. Flying some 3,000 highly potent fighters and bombers, the People's Liberation Army Air Force is the undisputed king of the skies across Asia, with the technology, the pilots, and the payloads to deliver some serious hurt against any adversary that would dare cross its path.

On the numbers, it's second only to the United States of America, while its highly advanced stealth jets and its growing list of next-generation fighters grant China the right to claim that it's America's equal on the global stage.

So it must be a point of some frustration inside the highest ranks of the CCP that China's Air Force is also utterly broken. Despite its capabilities on paper, despite the sheer volume of combat aircraft at its disposal, the reality of the Chinese Air Force isn't nearly as formidable as it seems.