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The People's Liberation Army Air Force ( Chinese: 中国人民解放军空军; pinyin: Zhōngguó Rénmín Jiěfàngjūn Kōngjūn; lit. 'China's People's Liberation Air Force'), [a] also referred to as the Chinese Air Force ( 中国空军) or the People's Air Force ( 人民空军 ), is an aerial service branch of the People's Liberation Army.
List of active People's Liberation Army aircraft. The following list of active People's Liberation Army aircraft is a list of military aircraft currently in service with three branches of the People's Liberation Army. For retired aircraft, see list of historic aircraft of the People's Liberation Army Air Force .
List of active People's Liberation Army Air Force aircraft. 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 .
This is a list of air bases operated by the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF). Facilities included in the list include all aerodromes at which the PLAAF maintains a regular presence. These may include those exclusively for military use as well as those portions of mixed-use aerodromes operated by the military.
On 9 March 2017, Chinese media revealed that the J-20 had entered service in the Chinese air force, [3] [4] making China the second country in the world—after the United States—and the first in Asia to field an operational fifth-generation stealth aircraft. [16] Chinese National Defense Ministry confirmed the service status in September ...
The Xi'an H-6 ( Chinese: 轰-6; pinyin: Hōng-6) [a] is a twin-engine jet bomber of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF). The H-6 is a license-built version of the Soviet Tupolev Tu-16 and remains the primary bomber aircraft of the People's Republic of China . Delivery of the Tu-16 to China began in 1958, and a license ...
In one instance last year, a Chinese pilot flew within 10 feet (3 meters) of a U.S. Air Force B-52, which was conducting routine operations over the South China Sea in international airspace.
The People's Liberation Army ( PLA) is the military of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the People's Republic of China. It consists of four services — Ground Force, Navy, Air Force, and Rocket Force — and four arms — Aerospace Force, Cyberspace Force, Information Support Force, and Joint Logistics Support Force.