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Order of Battle - China
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The list below provides an overview of military aircraft types operated by Chinese armed forces and the (primary) roles they fulfil.

  People's Liberation Army Air Force
6x   AS332 Super Puma   medium-lift transport
..x   CJ-6 Farmer   basic flying training
12x   CL-601 Challenger   VIP transport
120x   H-6 Badger   strategic bombardments
..x   Il-76 Candid   heavy transport
..x   Il-78 Midas   air-to-air refueling
..x   J-7 Fishbed   air defence
300x   J-8 Finback   air defence
100x   J-10 Vanguard   multi-role
96x   J-11 Flanker   air defence
  "          "   +104 on order
4x   JF-17 Thunder   multi-role
70x   JH-7A Flounder   maritime strike
30x   JL-8   advanced flying training
20x   Mi-8 Hip   anti-armour attack & medium-lift transport
240x   Mi-17 Hip   anti-armour attack & medium-lift transport
500x   Q-5 Fantan   ground attack
24x   S-70C Blackhawk   medium-lift transport
34x   Su-27SK Flanker   air defence
42x   Su-27UBK Flanker   operational conversion
..x   Su-33 Flanker   air defence
16x   Tu-154M Careless   electronic warfare & heavy transport
20x   WZ-9   anti-armour attack
300x   Y-5 Colt   light transport
23x   Y-7 Coke   tactical transport
84x   Y-8 Cub   special operations & tactical transport
15x   Y-11   light transport
2x   Y-12   light transport
15x   Z-8   heavy-lift transport
..x   Z-9   utility
20x   Z-11   utility
   
  People's Liberation Army Navy
..x   An-26 Curl   tactical transport
..x   Be-6 Madge   anti-submarine warfare
..x   CJ-6 Farmer   basic flying training
..x   H-6D Badger   strategic bombardments
..x   H-6DU Badger   air-to-air refueling
..x   HZ-5 Beagle   reconnaissance
..x   JH-7 Flying Leopard   multi-role
..x   JH-7A Flying Leopard   ground attack
..x   J-7D/E Fishbed   air defence
..x   J-8 Finback   air defence
..x   J-10 Vanguard   multi-role
..x   J-11   air defence
..x   JJ-6 Farmer   basic flying training
..x   JJ-7 Fishbed   operational conversion
..x   Ka-27 Helix   anti-submarine warfare
..x   Ka-28 Helix   anti-submarine warfare
..x   Mi-8 Hip   medium-lift transport
..x   Q-5 Fantan   multi-role
..x   SH-5 Beagle   anti-submarine warfare
..x   Su-30MK2 Flanker   multi-role
..x   Y-5 Colt   light transport
..x   Y-7 Coke   tactical transport
..x   Y-8 Cub   tactical transport
..x   Y-8J Cub   airborne early warning
..x   Y-8MPA Cub   maritime patrol
..x   Yak 42 Clobber   VIP transport
..x   Z-5 Hound   medium-lift transport
..x   Z-8 Frelon   anti-submarine warfare
..x   Z-9C   anti-submarine warfare & search and rescue
   
  Future orders
  None  
   
Remarks
  • Reliable sources to update this OrBat are hardly available, therefore some
        information might be missing, incomplete or outdated.
  • Well over 500 F-7s are still operational.
  • Some 44 Il-76 transport aircraft and Il-78 tankers are operated in total.
  • The JF-17s in service are currently under evaluation before being purchased.
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