Regularly Updated
By China Global Television Network (CGTN)
02/04/2024 10:47 am
Updated: 04/28/2024 02:45 pm
Budget | $60 Billion Orbis Notes |
Active Personnel | 180,000 |
Reserve Personnel | 40,000 |
Total Personnel | 220,000 |
Airborne Early Warning and Controls (AEW&Cs) | 12 |
Airlifters | 25 |
Bombers | 74 |
Fighter-Bombers | 175 |
Stealth Bombers | 70 |
Combat UAVs | 140 |
Fighters | 260 |
Air-Superiority Fighters | 205 |
HALEs | 15 |
Multiroles | 410 |
Tankers | 5 |
Trainers | 140 |
Transports | 153 |
Attack Helicopters | 60 |
Utility Helicopters | 180 |
Total Aircraft | 1842 |
Model | Type | In Service | Image |
KJ-500 | AEW&C | 12 | |
Y-20 | Strategic Airlifter | 25 | |
H-7 | Strategic Bomber | 70 | |
JB-25 | Strategic Bomber | 2 | Image Unavailable |
RS-B-50 | Bomber | 2 | |
JH-7 | Fighter-Bomber | 175 | |
H-20 | Stealth-Bomber | 70 | |
GJ-11 | Combat UAV | 40 | |
BB02 | Combat UAV, Bomber | 20 | |
BQ-01 | Combat UAV, Fighter | 30 | |
BF-02 | Fighter | 40 | |
J-7 | Fighter | 220 | |
J-20 | Stealth Air-Superiority Fighter | 120 | |
SU-89 | Air-Superiority Fighter | 85 | |
WZ-11 | HALE, UAV | 50 | |
WZ-10 | HALE, UAV | 15 | |
J-17 | Multirole | 200 | |
J-10 | Combat Multirole | 210 | |
JL-8 | Jet Trainer | 80 | |
JL-10 | Advanced Jet Trainer, Light Attack Aircraft | 40 | |
JL-9 | Advanced Jet Trainer, Light Combat Aircraft | 20 | |
YY-20A | Tanker | 5 | |
Y-8 | Transport, Maritime Patrol | 60 | |
Y-7 | Transport | 93 | |
Z-19 | Reconaissance Helicopter, Attack Helicopter | 60 | |
Z-18 | Utility Helicopter | 30 | |
Z-20 | Medium-Lift Helicopter | 50 |
Active Personnel | 120,000 |
Hypersonic Land-Attack Cruise Missile | 4 |
Land-Attack Cruise Missile | 520 |
IRBM | 111 |
Medium-Range Air-to-Surface Standoff land attack missile | 12 |
Name | Type | In Service | Image |
DF-21A | MRBM/ IRBM | 1 | |
DF-27 | IRBM, ASBM | 110 | |
KD-88 | Medium-Range Air-to-Surface Standoff Land Attack Missile | 12 | |
CJ-10A | Land-Attack Cruise Missile | 4 | |
CJ-200 | Hypersonic Land-Attack Cruise Missile | 400 | |
CJ-300 | Hypersonic Land-Attack Cruise Missile | 120 |