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.
Aircraft
AircraftOriginTypeVariantIn serviceNotes Combat aircraft: 2,880 Chengdu J-10 China Multirole J-10A 236J-10S77J-10B55J-10C240 Chengdu J-20 China Stealth Air superiority J-20A/S 300-350 Shenyang J-8 China Interceptor J-8F/H 40Phasing out Shenyang J-11 China Air superiority J-11/B/BS/BG 245Older airframes are being modernized Shenyang J-16 China Strike fighter J-16/D 330-450 Shenyang J-35 China Stealth multirole J-35A 4-54+ Sukhoi Su-27 Soviet Union Air superiority Su-27UBK 32Older airframes slowly being phased out Sukhoi Su-30 Russia Multirole Su-30MKK/MK2 97 Sukhoi Su-35 Russia Air superiority Su-35S 24 Xian H-6 China Strategic bomberH-6A 12H-6G/GMod27H-6J18H-6H/M40H-6K110H-6N12+ Xian JH-7 China Fighter bomber JH-7A 200Older airframes slowly being phased out AEW&CBoeing 737United StatesCommand and Control2 KJ-2000 China / Russia AEW&C 4 Chinese radar installed on an Ilyushin Il-76 airframe Shaanxi KJ-200 China AEW&C 4 Shaanxi KJ-500 China AEW&C 40Shaanxi Y-8ChinaCommand and controlY-8T6 Reconnaissance JZ-8 China Reconnaissance JZ-8/F 48 Electronic warfare Shaanxi Y-8 China Electronic warfare Y-8CB/DZ/G/XZ 17 Shaanxi Y-9 China Electronic warfare Y-9G/XZ 8+ Shenyang J-16 China Electronic-warfare aircraft J-16D 20Specialized for radar jammingShaanxi Y-9ChinaELINTY-9LG/X17+ Tupolev Tu-154 Soviet Union SIGINT / ELINT Tu-154M/D 4 Tanker Ilyushin Il-78 Ukraine Aerial refuelling 3 Xian H-6 China Aerial refuelling H-6U/H-6DU 15 Xian Y-20 China Aerial refuellingYY-20A/B 40 TransportAirbus A319ChinaVIP Transport3Boeing 737United StatesVIP Transport10 Ilyushin Il-76 Soviet Union Strategic airlifter / TransportIl-76MD/TD 20 Shaanxi Y-8 China Transport Y-8C 30 Shaanxi Y-9 China Transport 30 Shijiazhuang Y-5 China Transport 70 Tupolev Tu-154 Soviet Union Transport Tu-154M 8 Xian Y-7 China Transport Y-7/H 41 Xian Y-20 China Strategic airlifter 55 Helicopter Changhe Z-8 China Transport 18+ Eurocopter AS332 France VIP transport 6+ Eurocopter EC225 France VIP transport 3 Harbin Z-9 China Utility 20 Harbin Z-20 China SAR Z-20S 30+ Mil Mi-8 Soviet Union Utility / Transport Mi-17/171 6 Trainer aircraft: 1057+ Chengdu J-7 China Conversion training JJ-7/A 200 Guizhou JL-9 China Jet trainer 45 Hongdu JL-8 China Jet trainer 350 Hongdu JL-10 China Jet trainer 50+ Nanchang CJ-6 China Basic trainer CJ-6/A/B 400 Xian HYJ-7 China Two-engine trainer 12+ UAVAVIC WZ-8ChinaELINT / ISR2+Chengdu GJ-1ChinaISR12+Chengdu GJ-2ChinaISRUnknownChengdu WZ-10ChinaELINT / ISR8+Guizhou WZ-7ChinaELINT / ISR24+Hongdu GJ-11ChinaAerial reconnaissance 2+Shenyang WZ-9ChinaAirbone Early WarningUnknown
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