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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.
23rd Bomber Regiment (Unit 95320) at Leiyang Air Base operates H6-U refuelers or H-6K bombers, tail numbers 10591–10999 [1] 24th Bomber Regiment (Unit 95148) at Leiyang Air Base operates 24 H-6K bombers, tail numbers 11090–11590 [1] [16] The three bomber regiments of the 8th Bomber Division oversee two to three flight groups (飞行大队 ...
This is a list of NATO reporting name/ASCC names for bombers, with Soviet Union and Chinese designations. Bombers had names starting with the letter "B"; single-syllable words denoted propeller driven aircraft (piston and turboprop engines), while two syllable words were used for jets. Three syllable words are for propfans.
Russian Tu-95MS "Bear" strategic bombers and Chinese Xi'an H-6 strategic bombers took part in patrols over the Chukchi and Bering seas and the North Pacific, Russia's defence ministry said.
Y-5B – agricultural aircraft, equivalent to the An-2 SKh. Y-5B-100 – Y-5B aircraft fitted with triple tipsails on the upper wing tips, which reputedly gave 20% higher climb rate and improved L/D ratio by 15%. Y-5B(T) – A para-dropping version developed for the PLAAF, with up-dated avionics including a GPS.
The People's Liberation Army Air Force operates a large and varied fleet of some 4,000 aircraft, of which around 2,566 are combat aircraft (fighter, attack, and bombers). [71] According to FlightGlobal , China has the second-largest active combat aircraft fleet and the third-largest total aircraft fleet in the world.
Chinese radar installed on an Ilyushin Il-76 airframe: Tanker; Xian Y-20: China Aerial refueling: YY-20: 7 [6] Ilyushin Il-78: Soviet Union Aerial refueling: Il-78MP: 3 [6] Transport; Xian Y-7: China Soviet Union Transport: 48 [6] License built variant of the Antonov An-24: Shaanxi Y-8: China Soviet Union Tactical airlifter: 80 [6] License ...
Chinese name. Simplified Chinese characters for the primary name (not including characters for air base or air field) Alternate names. Other names used to describe the military portion or larger aerodrome including civilian name; IATA Code. IATA location identifier issued by the International Air Transport Association; ICAO Code.