List of historic aircraft of the People's Liberation Army Air Force is a list of aircraft no-longer in service with the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF).
Aircraft type | National origin | Year | Notes | |
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In service | Retired | |||
Harbin Z-5 | People's Republic of China | 1959 | Unknown | Helicopter |
Nanchang CJ-5 | People's Republic of China | 1954 | 2001 | Trainer |
Shenyang J-2 | People's Republic of China | 1950 | 1986 | Fighter |
Shenyang J-5 | People's Republic of China | 1956 | 1992 | Fighter |
Shenyang J-6 | People's Republic of China | 1962 | 2010 | Fighter |
Shenyang J-8 | People's Republic of China | 1980 | 2011 | Fighter |
Nancang Q-5 | People's Republic of China | 1965 | 2017 | Attacker |
Harbin H-5 | People's Republic of China | 1965 | 2011 | Bomber |
Aircraft type | National origin | Year | Notes | |
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In service | Retired | |||
Aero L-29 Delfin [1] | Czechoslovakia | 1966 | 1988 | trainer |
Aichi E13A | Japan | 1945 | ? | captured Japanese floatplane |
Antonov An-2 | Soviet Union | 1950 | 1981 | transport locally built version in use |
Beriev Be-6 | Soviet Union | 1955 | 2001 | maritime patrol seaplane |
Consolidated B-24 Liberator | United States | 1946 | 1949 | captured bomber |
Curtiss C-46 Commando | United States | 1949 | 1985 | captured Nationalist transport |
de Havilland Mosquito | United Kingdom | 1949 | 1951 | captured Nationalist bomber |
Ilyushin Il-10 | Soviet Union | 1949 | 1972 | ground attack aircraft |
Ilyushin Il-12 | Soviet Union | 1950 | 1998 | transport aircraft |
Ilyushin Il-14 | Soviet Union | 1955 | 1998 | transport aircraft |
Ilyushin Il-28 | Soviet Union | 1952 | 1997 | jet bomber |
Kawasaki Ki-45 | Japan | 1945 | 1946 | captured Japanese heavy fighter |
Kawasaki Ki-48 | Japan | 1945 | 1949 | captured Japanese medium bomber |
Kawasaki Ki-61 | Japan | 1945 | 1949 | captured Japanese fighter |
Lavochkin La-7 | Soviet Union | 1950 | 1958 | fighter |
Lavochkin La-9 | Soviet Union | 1949 | 1959 | fighter |
Lavochkin La-11 | Soviet Union | 1949 | 1964 | fighter |
Lisunov Li-2 | Soviet Union | 1949 | 2001 | transport aircraft, Soviet licensed DC-3 |
Mansyu Ki-79 | Japan | 1945 | 1946 | captured Japanese trainer |
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-9 | Soviet Union | 1950 | 1956 | jet fighter |
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 | Soviet Union | 1950 | 1987 | fighter |
Mil Mi-1 | Soviet Union | 1950 | 1991 | transport helicopter |
Mitsubishi Ki-51 | Japan | 1945 | 1949 | captured Japanese light bomber |
Nakajima Ki-43 | Japan | 1945 | 1949 | captured Japanese fighter |
North American B-25 Mitchell | United States | 1948 | 1960s | captured Nationalist medium bomber |
North American P-51 Mustang | United States | 1949 | 1955 | captured Nationalist fighter |
North American T-6 Texan | United States | 1949 | 1950 | captured Nationalist trainer |
Petlyakov Pe-2 | Soviet Union | 1949 | 1957 | light/dive bomber |
Polikarpov Po-2 | Soviet Union | 1949 | 1968 | utility biplane/trainer |
Republic P-47 Thunderbolt | United States | 1949 | 1950 | captured Nationalist fighter |
Stearman PT-17 | United States | 1949 | 1968 | captured Nationalist trainer |
Tachikawa Ki-55 | Japan | 1945 | 1953 | captured Japanese trainer |
Tupolev SB | Soviet Union | 1937 | 1938 | medium bomber |
Tupolev Tu-2 | Soviet Union | 1950 | 1982 | medium bomber |
Tupolev Tu-4 | Soviet Union | 1951 | 1997 | heavy bomber, copy of Boeing-29 Superfortress |
Tupolev Tu-14 | Soviet Union | 1957 | ? | torpedo bomber |
Tupolev Tu-16 | Soviet Union | 1959 | 1985 | heavy bomber, Chinese variant in service |
Tupolev Tu-124 | Soviet Union | 1980 | 1994 | airliner |
Vickers Viscount | United Kingdom | 1967 | 1986 | turboprop airliner |
Yakovlev Yak-9 | Soviet Union | 1949 | 1957 | fighter |
Yakovlev Yak-11 | Soviet Union | 1949 | 1983 | advanced trainer |
Yakovlev Yak-12 | Soviet Union | 1949 | 1973 | light utility transport |
Yakovlev Yak-17 | Soviet Union | 1950 | 1952 | jet fighter |
Yakovlev Yak-18 | Soviet Union | 1949 | 1992 | primary trainer, Chinese variant in service |
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