List of active People's Liberation Army Air Force aircraft

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The following is a list of military aircraft currently used by People's Liberation Army Air Force. For a list of current aircraft in all branches of the People's Liberation Army, see here.

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Aircraft

Aircraft

NameOriginTypeVariantIn serviceNotes
Combat aircraft: 2300
J-7 China fighter J-7: 100
J-7E: 120
J-7G: 120		340 [1]
JH-7A China fighter bomber 140 [2]
J-8 China Interceptor J-8F/H: 50 [2] 96 [3]
J-10 China multirole J-10A: 220
J-10S: 70
J-10B: 55
J-10C: 312+		805 [4]
J-11 China air superiority J-11A: 100
J-11B: 180
J-11BS: 90		380 [5]
J-16 China multirole J-16: 245
J-16D: Unknown		245+ [6]
J-20 China air superiority 250-308 [7] [6]
Q-5 China strike aircraft 118 [3]
H-6 China strategic bomber H-6M
H-6K
H-6N		176 [2]
Su-30MKK Russia multirole 73 [2]
Su-35 Russia multirole 24 [2]
Special mission: 62
JZ-8 China ISTAR JZ-8: 24
JZ-8F: 24		48 [2]
KJ-2000 [3] China AEW&C 4 [3]
KJ-500 [3] China AEW&C 14 [3]
KJ-200 China AEW&C 11 [3]
Y-8T C2 China C2 3 [2]
Y-8/Y-9 China electronic warfare Y-8CB: 4
Y-8DZ: 2
Y-8G: 6
Y-9G: 3
Y-8/Y-9X: 4		19 [2]
An-30 USSR electronic warfare 3 [3]
Tu-154 USSR SIGINT 7 [3]
Challenger 870 Canada SIGINT 5 [3]
B-737 C2 United States C2 2 [2]
Tanker: 14
H-6U China aerial refueling 10 [2]
Y-20U China aerial refueling 8 [3]
Il-78MP [3] USSR aerial refueling 3 [3]
Transport: 347
MA60 China light transport 16 [3]
Y-5 China light transport 70 [2]
Y-7 China light transport 48 [3]
Y-12 China light transport 11 [3]
Y-8 China tactical airlifter 81 [3]
Y-9 China tactical airlifter 25+ [2]
Y-20 China strategic airlifter 32 [3]
Il-76MD USSR strategic airlifter 26 [3]
Tu-154M USSR passenger transport 8 [2]
Tu-154M USSR passenger transport 8 [2]
A-319 Multinational passenger transport 3 [2]
B-737 VIP United States passenger transport 9 [2]
CRJ-200 Canada passenger transport 5 [2]
CRJ-700 Canada passenger transport 5 [2]
Combat helicopter: 115+
Z-8 China utility 34 [3]
Z-8 China utility/ CSAR 16 [3]
Z-9 China utility/ CSAR Z-9: 20
Z-9W: 12+		32+ [2]
Z-10K China attack 8+ [2]
Mi-17 USSR utility Mi-17/171 [3] 16 [3]
Training aircraft/helicopters: 1013+
CJ-6 China basic trainer 400 [2]
Y-7 China multi-engine trainer 13 [3]
JJ-7 [3] China conversion trainer 50 [2]
JL-8 China jet trainer K-8 [3] 350 [2]
JL-9 China jet trainer 30 [2]
JL-10 China fighter trainer L-15 40+ [2]
Su-27 USSR fighter trainer Su-27UBK: 32 [5] 39 [3]
Uninhabited aerial vehicles: 110+
GJ-1 China UCAV 12+ [2]
GJ-2 China UCAV Unknown [2]
GJ-11 China UCAV Unknown [2]
BZK-005 China ISTAR 84 [8]
TB-001 China ISTAR Unknown
WZ-7 China ISTAR 12+ [2]
WZ-8 China ISTAR 2+ [2]
WZ-10 China ISTAR Unknown [2]

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