中国军机是否已在老挝新建联合航空设施使用？
Are Chinese military aircraft already using a new joint air facility in Laos?
卫星图像显示，老挝班肯机场可能已有中国军机使用，画面中可见 8 架 K-8/JL-8 系列教练机和轻型攻击机。图像拍摄于 9 月 30 日，即中老联合保障与训练中心及中老友谊航空学院正式运营的次日；北京称该中心由双方共同维护和运营，旨在加强老挝空军飞行员训练。
报道将机场设施正式启用时间与卫星图像中的机型数量并置，并指出该数量约为老挝空军评估拥有量的两倍，提供了判断其使用情况的线索。
Chinese military aircraft may already be using a new joint aviation facility in Laos, with satellite imagery showing twice as many K-8/JL-8-family trainer aircraft there as the Laotian air force is assessed to possess.
Eight of the two-seat trainer and light-attack aircraft were visible at Ban Keun Airport in commercial satellite imagery taken on September 30, according to Reuters, which first reported the images. More than two dozen military and support vehicles were also visible.
The image was taken a day after the China-Laos Joint Support and Training Centre and the China-Laos Friendship Aviation Academy formally began operations at the airport, with a People’s Liberation Army delegation attending the inauguration.
Beijing says the jointly maintained and operated centre is intended to strengthen training for Laotian air force pilots.
来源：南华早报 · scmp.com