The People's Liberation Army Air Force is the primary aerial warfare service of China's People's Liberation Army and controls most of its aircraft, ground-based air defence and the Airborne Corps. Its roots lie in a small aviation unit set up by the Chinese Communist Party in 1924 with Soviet training, and it was formally established on 11 November 1949 after the Communist victory in the Chinese Civil War. It first fought in the Korean War, flying mainly the Soviet MiG-15, and was later reshaped by the Sino-Soviet split, the Cultural Revolution and reforms in the 1980s. Since the 2000s it has adopted the Sukhoi Su-27 and the domestic Chengdu J-10, and it fielded the Chengdu J-20 stealth fighter from 2017.
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Force TypeAerial warfare service of the People's Liberation Army 1 Founded Year Force Type
Force Type (category) People's Liberation Army Air Force
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Source Wikipedia: Chengdu J-20
Source Wikipedia: K-5 (missile)
Source Wikipedia: MiG-21
Source Wikipedia: Su-27
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is the primary aerial warfare service of the People's Liberation Army
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is the primary aerial warfare service of the People's Liberation Army
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The formal establishment of the PLAAF occurred on 11 November 1949
Fought In: Korean War, Wikipedia article text
first fighting in the Korean War, primarily using the Soviet MiG-15 fighter
View the Source Wikipedia: Chengdu J-20
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People's Liberation Army Air Force
Wikipedia: K-5 (missile)
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Soviet Air Force, People's Liberation Army Air Force
Wikipedia: PL-17
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People's Liberation Army Air Force
Wikipedia: YJ-15
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People's Liberation Army Air Force People's Liberation Army Navy
Chengdu J-10, Wikipedia
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It is produced by the Chengdu Aircraft Corporation (CAC) for the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) of China, and exported to the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) and the Uzbekistan Air and Air Defence Forces.
Wikipedia: PL-15
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The PL-15 (Chinese: 霹雳-15; pinyin: Pī Lì-Yāo Wǔ; lit. 'Thunderbolt-15', NATO reporting name: CH-AA-10 Abaddon) is a long-range active radar homing air-to-air missile developed by the People's Republic of China, in service of the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) and Naval Air Force (PLANAF).
Wikipedia: MiG-21
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People's Liberation Army Air Force - replaced by the Chengdu J-7, a license-built version of the MiG-21. In addition to MiG-21F-13s supplied by the Soviet Union, China also traded a small amount of MiG-21MFs with J-7 export variations, then developed the J-7C/D variants based on the MiG-21MF. The deal was between China and a certain Middle Eastern country. In May 2013, an official publication from Chengdu Aircraft Corporation reported that J-7 production had ceased after decades of manufacturing variations of this Chinese-made MiG-21.
Wikipedia: Su-27
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People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) - 78 Su-27 delivered between 1990 and 2010. 32 Su-27UBK are in service as of 2022.
HQ-9, Wikipedia
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People's Liberation Army Air Force - 196 HQ-9, 96 HQ-9B as of 2024, along with unknown numbers of the HQ-9C
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