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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.
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.
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 .
J-11A (or J-11) -Chinese/Russian assembled Su-27SK from Russian-made kits J-11B-Chinese-developed variant with domestic subsystems. Block 02 powered by Shenyang WS-10 turbofan J-11BS-Twin-seat version J-11B(AESA)-Variant with light-grey radome; speculated to be equipped with AESA radar. J-12: Nanchang
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.
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Primary air base name. The official or most commonly used name for the military portion of the aerodrome; 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.
During the Cold War, the B-52 bomber could carry up to 12 Harpoon missiles in the anti-ship role. An F/A-18E/F Super Hornet can carry as many as two LRASMs, and a P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol ...