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The following '''list of active People's Liberation Army aircraft''' is a list of [[Engineering:Military aircraft|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.

==People's Liberation Army Air Force==
{{see|People's Liberation Army Air Force}}

===Current inventory===
{| class="wikitable"
! style="text-align:center; background:#acc;" |Aircraft
! style="text-align:center; background:#acc;" |Image
! style="text-align: center; background:#acc;" |Origin
! style="text-align:l center; background:#acc;" |Type
! style="text-align:left; background:#acc;" |Variants
! style="text-align:center; background:#acc;" |In service
! style="text-align: center; background:#acc;" |Notes
|-
! colspan="7" style="align: center; background: lavender;" | [[Engineering:Military aircraft#Combat aircraft|Combat Aircraft]]
|-
| [[Engineering:Xian H-6|Xian H-6]]
| [[File:H-6K landing (cropped).jpg|180px]]
| {{CHN}}
| [[Engineering:Strategic bomber|Strategic bomber]]
|
|350<ref name="World Air Forces 2021">{{cite web |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2020/11/16/the-chinese-air-force-sure-is-buying-a-lot-of-bombers/?sh=28c560fc4987|title = The Chinese Air Force Sure Is Buying A Lot Of Bombers |work= Forbes |date= 16 November 2020 |access-date= 5 December 2022}}</ref>
| License built variant of the [[Engineering:Tupolev Tu-16|Tupolev Tu-16]]
* H-6k - 230
* H-6j - 80
* H-6n - 20
* HD-6 - 20
|-
| [[Engineering:Xian JH-7|Xian JH-7]]
| [[File:Xian JH-7A.jpg|180px]]
| {{CHN}}
| Fighter bomber
| [[Engineering:Xi'an JH-7#Variants|JH-7A/B]]
| 150<ref name="AMR">{{cite news|last=Baddeley|first=Adam|url= http://www.asianmilitaryreview.com/upload/201102172337151.pdf |title=The AMR Regional Air Force Directory 2011|work= Asian Military Review|date=February 2011|access-date=11 July 2011 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928163252/http://www.asianmilitaryreview.com/upload/201102172337151.pdf |archive-date=28 September 2011 }}</ref>
|
|-
| [[Engineering:Chengdu J-7|Chengdu J-7]]
| [[File:Chengdu F-7 Pakistani Air Force (cropped).jpg|180px]]
| {{CHN}}
{{USSR}}
| Fighter
|
| 450<ref name="IISS23" />
| | License built [[Engineering:Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21|Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21]] variant. Phasing out of service.
|-
| [[Engineering:Shenyang J-8|Shenyang J-8]]
| [[File:Shenyang J-8.JPEG|180px]]
| {{CHN}}
| Interceptor
| [[Engineering:Shenyang J-8#J-8II (Finback-B) Series|J-8IIM]]
| 50<ref name="IISS23" />
|
|-
| [[Engineering:Chengdu J-10|Chengdu J-10]]
| [[File:J-10B with PL-10 and PL-12.jpg|180px]]
| {{CHN}}
| Multirole fighter
|
| 565<ref name="IISS23">International Institute for Strategic Studies: The Military Balance 2023, p.242-43</ref>
|
*J-10A: 220<ref name="IISS23" />
*J-10S: 70<ref name="IISS23" />
*J-10B: 55<ref name="IISS23" />
*J-10C: 220<ref name="IISS23" />
*J-10D: 70<ref name="IISS23" />
|-
| [[Engineering:Shenyang J-11|Shenyang J-11]]
| [[File:Chinese-j-11.jpg|180px]]
| {{CHN}}
{{USSR}}
| Air superiority fighter
|
| 225<ref name="IISS23" />
|License built [[Engineering:Sukhoi Su-27|Sukhoi Su-27]] variant.

* J-11: 95<ref name="IISS23" />
* J-11B/BS: 130<ref name="IISS23" />
|-
|[[Engineering:Shenyang J-16|Shenyang J-16]]
|[[File:PLAAF J-16 - 2.jpg|180x180px]]
|{{CHN}}
|Multirole strike fighter
|
|300<ref name="IISS23" />
|
* J-16: 250
* J-16D: 50
|-
| [[Engineering:Chengdu J-20|Chengdu J-20]]
| [[File:J-20 at Airshow China 2016.jpg|180px]]
| {{CHN}}
| Air superiority fighter 
| J-20A/B/S
| 210-250<ref name="IISS23" /><ref name="casi_solen_jan_2022">{{cite web |last1=Solen |first1=Derek |title=Third Combat Brigade of PLA Air Force Likely Receives Stealth Fighters |url=https://airuniversity.af.edu/Portals/10/CASI/documents/Research/CASI%20Articles/2022-01-31%20Third%20Combat%20Brigade%20of%20PLA%20Air%20Force%20Likely%20Receives%20Stealth%20Fighters.pdf |publisher=China Aerospace Studies Institute |website=United States Air Force Air University |date=January 2022 |access-date=1 April 2022}}</ref>
|Fifth-generation [[Engineering:Stealth aircraft|stealth fighter]].
|-
|[[Engineering:Sukhoi Su-27|Sukhoi Su-27]]
|[[File:Sukhoi Su-27.jpg|180x180px]]
|{{USSR}}
|Air superiority fighter
|Su-27UBK/SM3
| 100
|
*Su-27UBK: 40
*Su-27SM3: 60
|- 
| [[Engineering:Sukhoi Su-30|Sukhoi Su-30]]
| [[File:PLAAF Sukhoi Su-30 at Lipetsk-2 (modified).jpg|180px]]
| {{RUS}}
| Multirole strike fighter
| Su-30MKK/MK2
| 100
|
*Su-30MKK: 30
*Su-30MK2: 70
|-
| [[Engineering:Sukhoi Su-35|Sukhoi Su-35]]
| [[File:Refueling2018-04.jpg|180px]]
| {{RUS}}
| Air superiority fighter
| [[Engineering:Sukhoi Su-35#Variants|Su-35S]]
| 24
|
|-
! colspan="7" style="align: center; background: lavender;" | [[Engineering:Airborne early warning and control|AWACS]]
|-
| [[Engineering:Shaanxi KJ-200|Shaanxi KJ-200]]
| [[File:Shaanxi KJ-200.jpg|180px]]
| {{CHN}}
| [[Engineering:Airborne early warning and control|AEW]]
| 
| 10
|
|-
| [[Engineering:Shaanxi KJ-500|Shaanxi KJ-500]]
| [[File:KJ-500 (cropped).jpg|180px]]
| {{CHN}}
| [[Engineering:Airborne early warning and control|AEW]]
| 
| 30
|
|-
| Xian Y-20
|[[File:China_-_Air_Force_-_Xian_Y-20.jpg|180px]]
| {{CHN}}
| [[Engineering:Airborne early warning and control|AEW]] 
| 
|58
|
|-
| [[Engineering:KJ-2000|KJ-2000]]
| [[File:KJ2000 at 2014 Zhuhai Air Show.jpg|180px]]
| {{CHN}}
{{RUS}}
| [[Engineering:Airborne early warning and control|AEW]]
|
| 10
| Chinese radar installed on an [[Engineering:Ilyushin Il-76|Ilyushin Il-76]] [[Engineering:Airframe|airframe]]
|-
! colspan="7" style="align: center; background: lavender;" | Tanker
|-
| Xian Y-20
|[[File:China_-_Air_Force_-_Xian_Y-20.jpg|180px]]
| {{CHN}}
| Aerial refueling 
| [[Engineering:Xi'an Y-20|YY-20]]
|50
|
|-
| [[Engineering:Ilyushin Il-78|Ilyushin Il-78]]
| [[File:Ilyushin Il-78 (s.n 0073478359).jpeg|180px]]
| {{USSR}}
| Aerial refueling 
| [[Engineering:Ilyushin Il-78#Variants|Il-78MP]]
| 10
|
|-
! colspan="7" style="align: center; background: lavender;" | [[Engineering:Military transport aircraft|Transport]]
|-
| Xian Y-7
| [[File:Xian Y-7, Air China AN0220896.jpg|180px]]
| {{CHN}}
{{USSR}}
| Transport
|
| 50
|License built variant of the [[Engineering:Antonov An-24|Antonov An-24]]
|-
| [[Engineering:Shaanxi Y-8|Shaanxi Y-8]]
| [[File:Shaanxi Y-8.jpg|180px]]
| {{CHN}}
{{USSR}}
| Tactical airlifter
|
| 100
|License built variant of the [[Engineering:Antonov An-12|Antonov An-12]]
|-
|[[Engineering:Shaanxi Y-9|Shaanxi Y-9]]
|[[File:Shaanxi Y-9 - Aviadarts2018.jpg|180x180px]]
|{{CHN}}
|Tactical airlifter
|
|35
|
|-
| Xian Y-20
| [[File:Y-20 at Airshow China 2016.jpg|180px]]
| {{CHN}}
| Strategic airlifter
|
| 50<ref name="IISS23" />
|
|-
|Xian MA-60
|[[File:B-3431 Yunshuji Y7 - MA60 Wuhan Airlines (7184364523).jpg|180x180px]]
|{{CHN}}
|
|
|25
|
|-
| [[Engineering:Ilyushin Il-76|Ilyushin Il-76]]
| [[File:Ilyushin Il-76MD 20541.jpg|180px]]
| {{USSR}}
| Strategic airlifter
| IL-76MD
| 50
|
|-
| [[Engineering:Tupolev Tu-154|Tupolev Tu-154]]
| [[File:RA-85743 Tupolev Tu.154 All White (7269605012).jpg|180x180px]]
| {{USSR}}
| Transport
|
|10
|
|
|-
! colspan="7" style="align: center; background: lavender;" | Special purpose aircraft (Reconnaissance, [[Signals intelligence|SIGINT]], Electronic Warfare, Maritime Patrol etc.)
|-
| [[Engineering:Antonov An-12|Antonov An-12]]
| [[File:入侵中華民國西南防空識別區的中共運8 (cropped).jpg|180px]]
| {{USSR}}
| Multirole
| Shaanxi [[Engineering:Shaanxi Y-8|Y-8]]/[[Engineering:Shaanxi Y-9|Y-9]]
| 100
|
*Y-8 50
*Y-9 50
|-
| [[Engineering:Antonov An-30|Antonov An-30]]
| [[File:An-30 - RA-26226.jpg|180x180px]]
| {{USSR}}
| Electronic warfare
|
|10<ref name="IISS23" />
|
|-
| [[Engineering:Tupolev Tu-154|Tupolev Tu-154]]
| [[File:RA-85743 Tupolev Tu.154 All White (7269605012).jpg|180x180px]]
| {{USSR}}
| [[Social:Electronic warfare|Electronic warfare]]
|
| 4<ref name="IISS23" />
|
|-
| [[Engineering:Bombardier Challenger 850|Bombardier Challenger 850]]
|[[File:Challenger 850, 9H-BOO (25453424636).jpg|180x180px]]
| {{CAN}}
| [[Signals intelligence|SIGINT]]
|
| 12 
|
|-
! colspan="7" style="align: center; background: lavender;" | [[Engineering:Helicopter|Helicopter]]
|-
| Changhe Z-8
| [[File:SA321 Super Frelon (cropped).jpg|180px]]
| {{CHN}}
{{FRA}}
| transport
| License built [[Engineering:Aérospatiale SA 321 Super Frelon|Aérospatiale SA 321 Super Frelon]] variant
| 50
|-
| [[Engineering:Harbin Z-9|Harbin Z-9]]
| [[File:Chinese Helicopter Lands on HMS Cornwall MOD 45150752.jpg|180px]]
| {{CHN}}
{{FRA}}
| Medium multi-purpose [[Engineering:Utility helicopter|utility helicopter]]
| License built Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin variant
| 250
|-
| Changhe Z-10
| [[File:PLAAF Changhe WZ-10 - Jordan.jpg|180px]]
| {{CHN}}
| [[Engineering:Attack helicopter|Attack helicopter]]
|
| 250
|-
| [[Engineering:Changhe Z-11|Changhe Z-11]]
| [[File:Changhe_Z-11WB,_Zhuhai-Jinwan_4th_November_2016_(31829381252).jpg|180px]]
| {{CHN}}
| [[Engineering:Utility helicopter|utility helicopter]]
|
| 250
|-
| Airbus Helicopters H175
| [[File:F-WWPB (8970723436).jpg|180px]]
| {{FRA}}
| Super-medium [[Engineering:Utility helicopter|utility helicopter]]
|
| 50
|-
| [[Engineering:Changhe Z-18|Changhe Z-18]]
| [[File:PLANAF Changhe Z-18J AEW.png|180px]]
| {{CHN}}
| [[Engineering:Utility helicopter|Utility helicopter]]
|
| 200
|-
| [[Engineering:Harbin Z-19|Harbin Z-19]]
| [[File:Harbin Z-19 helicopter (cropped).jpg|180px]]
| {{CHN}}
| Reconnaissance / [[Engineering:Attack helicopter|attack helicopter]]
|
| 200
|-
| [[Engineering:Harbin Z-20|Harbin Z-20]]
| [[File:Z-20 Airshow China 2022 fly.jpg|180px]]
| {{CHN}}
| Medium lift helicopter
|
| 50
|-
| Mi-8
| [[File:Mil Mi-8P, Baltic Airlines (cropped).jpg|180px]]
| {{RUS}}
| [[Engineering:Attack helicopter|Attack helicopter]]
| 
| 50
|-
| Mi-17
| [[File:Russian Air Force Mil Mi-17 yellow 62.jpg|180px]]
| {{RUS}}
| [[Engineering:Attack helicopter|Attack helicopter]]
| 
| 50
|-
! colspan="7" style="align: center; background: lavender;" | [[Engineering:Trainer aircraft|Trainer aircraft]]
|-
| [[Engineering:Chengdu J-7|Chengdu JJ-7/JJ-7A]]
| [[File:Chengdu F-7 Pakistani Air Force (cropped).jpg|180px]]
| {{CHN}}
|[[Engineering:Trainer aircraft|conversion trainer]]
|[[Engineering:List of Chengdu J-7 variants#JJ-7 trainer series|JJ-7]]
| 200<ref name="IISS23" />
|
|-
| [[Engineering:Hongdu JL-8|Hongdu JL-8]]
| [[File:Pakistan airforce K8.jpg|180px]]
| {{CHN}}
|[[Engineering:Jet trainer|jet trainer]]
|[[Engineering:Hongdu JL-8#Variants|K-8]]
| 350<ref name="IISS23" />
|
|-
| [[Engineering:Guizhou JL-9|Guizhou JL-9]]
| [[File:FTC-2000G.jpg|180px]]
| {{CHN}}
|[[Engineering:Jet trainer|jet trainer]]
| 
| 30<ref name="IISS23" />
|
|-
| [[Engineering:Hongdu JL-10|Hongdu JL-10]]
| [[File:Hongdu L-15 Falcon.jpg|180px]]
| {{CHN}}
|[[Engineering:Jet trainer|jet trainer]]
|
| 200
|
|-
| Xian Y-7
| [[File:Xian_Y-7-100,_China_General_Aviation_AN0193499.jpg|180px]]
| {{CHN}}
| [[Engineering:Trainer aircraft|multi-engine trainer]]
|
| 25
|
|-
| [[Engineering:Guimbal Cabri G2|Guimbal Cabri G2]]
| 
| {{FRA}}
| [[Engineering:Helicopter|rotorcraft]] trainer 
|
| 2<ref name="World Air Forces 2020">{{cite web|year=2021|title=World Air Forces 2021|url=https://www.flightglobal.com/defence/world-air-forces-2021|access-date=13 November 2021|publisher=Flightglobal Insight}}</ref>
|
|-
! colspan="7" style="align: center; background: lavender;" | [[Engineering:Unmanned aerial vehicle|Unmanned aerial vehicle]]
|-
| [[Engineering:GAIC UAV#BZK-007|Guizhou Sunshine]]
| 
| {{CHN}}
| MALE UAV
|
|55<ref name="Harpia">{{cite book |last1=Rupprecht |first1=Andreas |title=Modern Chinese Warplanes:Chinese Air Force - Aircraft and Units |date=29 October 2018 |publisher=Harpia Publishing |isbn=978-09973092-6-3 |page=106}}</ref>
|
|-
| [[Engineering:CAIG Wing Loong|Chengdu Pterodactyl I]]
| [[File:Wing Loong.jpg|180px]]
| {{CHN}}
| MALE UAV
|
|100<ref name="Harpia" />
|
|-
| [[Engineering:CAIG Wing Loong II|Chengdu Pterodactyl 2]]
| [[File:Wing Loong II side view.jpg|180px]]
| {{CHN}}
| MALE UAV
|
|125<ref name="Harpia" />
|
|-
| Harbin Giant Eagle
| [[File:Harbin_BZK-005_high_altitude_long_range_UAV.jpg|180px]]
| {{CHN}}
| MALE UAV
|
|135<ref name="Harpia" />
|
|- 
| [[Engineering:AVIC Cloud Shadow|Chengdu Cloud Shadow]]
| [[File:AVIC Cloud Shadow side view.jpg|180px]]
| {{CHN}}
| [[Engineering:High-Altitude Long Endurance|HALE UAV]]
|
|30<ref name="Harpia" />
|
|- 
| [[Engineering:Guizhou Soar Dragon|Guizhou Soar Dragon]]
| [[File:Soar Dragon.jpg|180px]]
| {{CHN}}
| [[Engineering:High-Altitude Long Endurance|HALE UAV]]
|
|15<ref name="Harpia" />
|
|}

==People's Liberation Army Naval Air Force==
{{see|People's Liberation Army Naval Air Force}}

|- 
| [[Engineering:Aérospatiale SA 321 Super Frelon|Aérospatiale SA 321 Super Frelon]] || France || Rotorcraft || Transport ||  || 8 ||  || <ref name="IISS_2023b">{{cite book|author=The International Institute for Strategic Studies|title=The Military Balance 2023|date=15 February 2023 |publisher=Routledge |location=London |chapter=6 Asia |isbn=9781003400226 |doi=10.4324/9781003400226 |s2cid=256916955}}</ref>
|-
| Bombardier CRJ100/200 || Canada || Jet ||VIP Transport ||  || 2 || || <ref name="IISS_2023b" />
|- 
| [[Engineering:Bombardier CRJ700 series|Bombardier CRJ700 series]] || Canada || Jet ||VIP Transport ||  || 2 || || <ref name="IISS_2023b" />
|- 
| Changhe Z-8 || China || Rotorcraft || Transport/SAR ||  || 31 || || Z-8: 9 <br>Z-8J: 13 <br>Z-8JH (SAR): 4<br />Z-8S (SAR): 5<ref name="IISS_2023b" />
|- 
| [[Engineering:Changhe Z-18|Changhe Z-18]] || China || Rotorcraft || Transport ||  || 12 ||  || Z-18: 4 <br>Z-18 AEW: 3<br>Z-18F: 5 (ASW)<ref name="IISS_2023b" />
|- 
| [[Engineering:Chengdu J-10|Chengdu J-10]] || China || Jet || Multi-role ||  || 23 || 24 || J-10A: 16 <br />J-10S:7<ref name="IISS_2023b" />
|-
| [[Engineering:Eurocopter AS565 Panther|Eurocopter AS565 Panther]] || France || Rotorcraft || Transport ||  || 7 ||  || <ref name="IISS_2023b" />
|- 
| [[Engineering:Guizhou JL-9|Guizhou JL-9]] || China || Jet || Trainer ||  || 36 || || <ref name="IISS_2023b" />
|- 
| [[Engineering:Harbin Y-12|Harbin Y-12]] || China || Propeller || Transport ||  || 20 ||  || <ref name="IISS_2023b" />
|- 
| [[Engineering:Harbin Z-9|Harbin Z-9]] || China || Rotorcraft || Utility ||  || 25 ||  || Z-9D ([[Engineering:Utility helicopter|MRH]]) 11<br> Z-9C (ASW)<br> 2Z-9S (SAR): 14<ref name="IISS_2023b" />
|- 
| [[Engineering:Hongdu JL-8|Hongdu JL-8]] || China || Jet || Trainer ||  || 16 ||  || <ref name="IISS_2023b" />
|- 
| [[Engineering:Hongdu JL-10|Hongdu JL-10]] || China || Jet || Trainer ||  || 12 ||  || <ref name="IISS_2023b" />
|- 
| Kamov Ka-28 || Russia || Rotorcraft || ASW||  || 9 ||  || <ref name="IISS_2023b" />
|- 
| [[Engineering:Kamov Ka-31|Kamov Ka-31]] || Russia || Rotorcraft || Airborne Early Warning  ||  || 9 ||  ||
|- 
| [[Engineering:KJ-200|KJ-200]] || China || Propeller || Airborne Early Warning ||  || 6 ||  || <ref name="IISS_2023b" />
|- 
| [[Engineering:Shaanxi Y-8|KQ-200]] || China || Propeller || Airborne Early Warning ||  || 20+ ||  || <ref name="IISS_2023b" />
|-
| [[Engineering:Mil Mi-8|Mil Mi-8]] || USSR || Rotorcraft || Transport ||  || 8 ||  || <ref name="IISS_2023b" />
|- 
| [[Engineering:Nanchang CJ-6|Nanchang CJ-6]] || China || Propeller || Trainer ||  || 38 ||  || <ref name="IISS_2023b" />
|- 
| [[Engineering:Shaanxi KJ-500|Shaanxi KJ-500]] || China || Propeller || Airborne Early Warning ||  || 14+ ||  || <ref name="IISS_2023b" />
|-
| [[Engineering:Shaanxi Y-8|Shaanxi Y-8]] || China || Propeller || Transport/patrol ||  || 32 ||  || Y-8C: 3<ref name="IISS_2023b" />
|- 
| [[Engineering:Shaanxi Y-8|Shaanxi Y-8J]] || China || Propeller || Patrol ||  || 4 ||  || <ref name="IISS_2023b" />
|-
| [[Engineering:Shaanxi Y-8|Shaanxi Y-8JB]] || China || Propeller || Patrol ||  || 4 ||  || <ref name="IISS_2023b" />
|-
| [[Engineering:Shaanxi Y-9|Shaanxi Y-9JZ]] || China || Propeller || Patrol||  || 8 ||  || <ref name="IISS_2023b" />
|-
| [[Engineering:Shenyang J-8|Shenyang J-8]] || China || Jet || Fighter ||  || 24 ||  || <ref name="IISS_2023b" />
|- 
| [[Engineering:Shenyang J-11|Shenyang J11B/BS]] || China || Jet || Multi-role ||  || 72 || 72 || <ref name="IISS_2023b" />
|- 
| [[Engineering:Shenyang J-15|Shenyang J-15]] || China || Jet || Multi-role || 2013 || 60 (est)|| || <ref name="IISS_2023b" />
|- 
| Shijiazhuang Y-5 || China || Propeller || Transport/utility ||  || 20 ||  || <ref name="IISS_2023b" />
|-
| [[Engineering:Sukhoi Su-30MKK|Sukhoi Su-30MKK]] || Russia || Jet || Multi-role ||  || 24 || 24 || <ref name="IISS_2023b" />
|- 
| [[Engineering:Xian H-6|Xian H-6]] || China || Jet || Strategic Bomber||  || 45 ||  || H-6G: 27<br>H-6J: 18<ref name="IISS_2023b" />
|-

| [[Engineering:Xian H-6|Xian H-6U]] || China || Jet || Tanker||  || 6 ||  || H-6G: 27<br>H-6J: 18<ref name="IISS_2023b" />

|- 
| [[Engineering:Xian JH-7|Xian JH-7]] || China || Jet || Attack ||  || 120 ||  || JH-7: 48 JH-7A: 72<ref name="IISS_2023b" />
|-
| Xian MA60 || China || Jet || Transport ||  || 2 ||  || <ref name="IISS_2023b" />
|- 
| Xian Y-7 || China || Propeller || Transport/trainer ||  || 8 ||  || <ref name="IISS_2023b" />
|}

==People's Liberation Army Ground Force==
{{see|People's Liberation Army Ground Force}}

== See also ==
* List of active People's Liberation Army Air Force aircraft
* [[Engineering:List of unmanned aerial vehicles of China|List of unmanned aerial vehicles of China]]
* Lists of currently active military equipment by country
* {{wipe|People's Liberation Army Air Force}}
* {{wipe|People's Liberation Army Naval Air Force}}
* People's Liberation Army Ground Force {{ill|People's Liberation Army Ground Force Aviation|zh|中国人民解放军陆军航空兵|lt=Aviation}}

== References ==
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== Sources ==
{{refbegin}}
* {{cite magazine |last1=Hoyle |first1=Craig |last2=Fafard |first2=Antoine |title=World Air Forces Directory |magazine=Flight International |volume= 196 |issue= 5715 |date=10–16 December 2019 |pages=26–54 |issn=0015-3710 |ref={{harvid|Hoyle and Fafard ''Flight International'' 10–16 December 2019}} }}
* {{Cite book |author=The International Institute for Strategic Studies |title=The Military Balance 2021 |year=2021 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-032-01227-8}}
* {{Cite book |author=The International Institute for Strategic Studies |title=The Military Balance 2022 |year=2022 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-032-27900-8}}
*{{cite web |title=WORLD AIR FORCES 2020 |url=https://www.flightglobal.com/download?ac=66025|website=PDF|publisher=Flight Global |access-date=12 July 2020}}
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