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</div> </div> <div id="bodyContent" class="vector-body" aria-labelledby="firstHeading" data-mw-ve-target-container> <div class="vector-body-before-content"> <div class="mw-indicators"> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Chinese medium-lift transport helicopter</div> <table class="infobox" style="width:25.5em;border-spacing:2px;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" style="text-align: center; font-size: 125%;">Z-18 </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:PLANAF_Changhe_Z-18J_AEW.png" class="mw-file-description"><img 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<td><a href="/wiki/Avicopter" class="mw-redirect" title="Avicopter">Avicopter</a> (<a href="/wiki/Changhe_Aircraft_Industries_Corporation" title="Changhe Aircraft Industries Corporation">Changhe Aircraft Industries Corporation</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <th>First flight </th> <td>2014<sup id="cite_ref-ain10jan18_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ain10jan18-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Introduction </th> <td>2018 </td></tr> <tr> <th>Status </th> <td>In service, in production </td></tr> <tr> <th>Primary user </th> <td><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Liberation_Army" title="People's Liberation Army">People's Liberation Army</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><span class="nowrap">Developed from</span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Avicopter_AC313" title="Avicopter AC313">Avicopter AC313</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>The <b>Changhe Z-18</b>, also known as <b>Z-8G</b>,<sup id="cite_ref-ain10jan18_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ain10jan18-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is a medium-lift <a href="/wiki/Transport_helicopter" class="mw-redirect" title="Transport helicopter">transport helicopter</a> developed by <a href="/wiki/Changhe_Aircraft_Industries_Corporation" title="Changhe Aircraft Industries Corporation">Changhe Aircraft Industries Corporation</a> (CAIC) to replace the <a href="/wiki/Harbin_Z-8" class="mw-redirect" title="Harbin Z-8">Changhe/Harbin Z-8</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Design_and_development">Design and development</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Changhe_Z-18&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Design and development"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Z-18 is a development of the <a href="/wiki/Avicopter_AC313" title="Avicopter AC313">Avicopter AC313</a> and Changhe/Harbin Z-8, both of which are developments of the <a href="/wiki/A%C3%A9rospatiale_SA_321_Super_Frelon" title="Aérospatiale SA 321 Super Frelon">Aérospatiale SA 321 Super Frelon</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-janes9jan18_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-janes9jan18-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ain10jan18_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ain10jan18-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Notable changes include a redesigned lower fuselage similar to the AC313 which results in larger internal space.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It also reportedly makes greater use of titanium and composites in its rotor blades and rotor,<sup id="cite_ref-janes_2014_asw_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-janes_2014_asw-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and replaces the Z-8's boat-shaped lower fuselage with a tail ramp for small vehicles.<sup id="cite_ref-ain10jan18_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ain10jan18-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It has a <a href="/wiki/Glass_cockpit" title="Glass cockpit">glass cockpit</a><sup id="cite_ref-janes9jan18_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-janes9jan18-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and is powered by three <a href="/wiki/Turbomeca_Turmo_III" class="mw-redirect" title="Turbomeca Turmo III">WZ-6C</a> turboshafts.<sup id="cite_ref-janes9jan18_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-janes9jan18-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ain10jan18_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ain10jan18-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Z-18's <a href="/wiki/Maximum_takeoff_weight" title="Maximum takeoff weight">maximum takeoff weight</a> (MTOW) is 13.8 tonnes. In late-2014, the only <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Liberation_Army_Navy" title="People's Liberation Army Navy">People's Liberation Army Navy</a> (PLAN) ships able to operate the helicopter at MTOW were aircraft carriers and large amphibious assault ships.<sup id="cite_ref-janes_2014_asw_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-janes_2014_asw-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Operational_history">Operational history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Changhe_Z-18&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Operational history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Z-18F <a href="/wiki/Anti-submarine_warfare" title="Anti-submarine warfare">anti-submarine warfare</a> (ASW) version was undergoing testing by the end of August 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-janes_2014_asw_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-janes_2014_asw-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The army transport Z-18A first appeared in Chinese state media in December 2014, and reportedly underwent high-altitude testing on the Tibetan Plateau in January 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-janes9jan18_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-janes9jan18-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Z-18A reached an altitude of 9,000 m (29,528 ft) during testing.<sup id="cite_ref-ain10jan18_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ain10jan18-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Z-18A was in service with the <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Liberation_Army_Ground_Force" title="People's Liberation Army Ground Force">People's Liberation Army Ground Force</a> (PLAGF) by January 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-janes9jan18_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-janes9jan18-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Variants">Variants</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Changhe_Z-18&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Variants"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Z-18_China_Navy.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Z-18_China_Navy.jpg/220px-Z-18_China_Navy.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Z-18_China_Navy.jpg/330px-Z-18_China_Navy.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Z-18_China_Navy.jpg/440px-Z-18_China_Navy.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3571" data-file-height="4761" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/PLA_Navy" class="mw-redirect" title="PLA Navy">PLA Navy</a> Z-18 in Zhuhai Airshow 2024, with the visible folding tail</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Z-8l_cns_2024.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Z-8l_cns_2024.png/220px-Z-8l_cns_2024.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="101" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Z-8l_cns_2024.png/330px-Z-8l_cns_2024.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Z-8l_cns_2024.png/440px-Z-8l_cns_2024.png 2x" data-file-width="2557" data-file-height="1173" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/PLAGF" class="mw-redirect" title="PLAGF">PLAGF</a> Z-8L with its widened airframe</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><b>Z-18</b>: Naval transport variant with folding tail boom and rotor blades. Features a nosed mounted weather radar and FLIR/TV turret.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>Z-18A / Z-8G</b>: Transport variant with extended nose expected to replace Z-8A/B. Features a nose mounted terrain-following radar.<sup id="cite_ref-janes9jan18_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-janes9jan18-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Multiple subvariants with differing equipment configurations such as: <a href="/wiki/Satellite_communications" class="mw-redirect" title="Satellite communications">SATCOM</a> fairing on tailboom, flare/chaff launchers + MAWS/RWR/LWR sensors on fuselage and sponsons, QJH001 machine gun on side door, ECM equipment on fuselage, retractable SAR radar replacing rear ramp etc. <ul><li><b>Z-8L</b>: Transport variant with wide-body fuselage and enlarged fuel <a href="/wiki/Sponson" title="Sponson">sponsons</a>, first spotted in January 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The internal width of the load area has been increased from 1.8m to 2.4 m, making it larger than old Z-8 and SA321 variants.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Features a nose mounted terrain-following radar. Multiple subvariants with differing equipment configurations such as: <a href="/wiki/Satellite_communications" class="mw-redirect" title="Satellite communications">SATCOM</a> fairing on tailboom, flare launchers + LWR/RWR sensors on sponsons, RWR/MAWS sensors on front fuselage, roof mounted FLIR etc.</li></ul></li> <li><b>Z-18F</b>: ASW variant with chin-mounted surface search radar, dipping sonar, and may be equipped with up to four lightweight torpedoes and 32 sonobuoys.<sup id="cite_ref-janes_2014_asw_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-janes_2014_asw-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>Z-18J</b>: <a href="/wiki/Airborne_early_warning_and_control" title="Airborne early warning and control">Airborne early warning</a> (AEW) variant, with a lowerable radar antenna in place of the ramp.<sup id="cite_ref-janes_2014_asw_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-janes_2014_asw-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Operators">Operators</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Changhe_Z-18&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Operators"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/China" title="China">People's Republic of China</a></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Liberation_Army_Ground_Force" title="People's Liberation Army Ground Force">People's Liberation Army Ground Force</a> (Z-18A)<sup id="cite_ref-janes9jan18_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-janes9jan18-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Liberation_Army_Naval_Air_Force" title="People's Liberation Army Naval Air Force">People's Liberation Army Naval Air Force</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Specifications_(Z-18F)"><span id="Specifications_.28Z-18F.29"></span>Specifications (Z-18F)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Changhe_Z-18&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Specifications (Z-18F)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p style="font-size: 90%; margin:0;"><i>Data from</i> Military Today<sup id="cite_ref-miltoday_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-miltoday-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p><p><span style="font-size:120%"><b>General characteristics</b></span> </p><ul><li><b>Crew:</b> 2 flight crew</li> <li><b>Capacity:</b> <br /> <ul><li>27<sup id="cite_ref-janes9jan18_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-janes9jan18-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>-30 troops<sup id="cite_ref-ain10jan18_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ain10jan18-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>or</i></li> <li>15 stretchers <i>or</i></li> <li>small vehicles or 5 tonnes of cargo to a range of up to 1000 km. (Z-18A)<sup id="cite_ref-ain10jan18_1-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ain10jan18-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li><b>Length:</b> 23.05 m (75 ft 7 in) (overall, rotors turning)</li> <li><b>Height:</b> 7 m (23 ft 0 in)</li> <li><b>Empty weight:</b> 7,000 kg (15,432 lb)</li> <li><b>Max takeoff weight:</b> 13,800 kg (30,360 lb)</li> <li><b>Powerplant:</b> 3 × <a href="/wiki/Turbomeca_Turmo_III" class="mw-redirect" title="Turbomeca Turmo III">WZ-6C</a> <a href="/wiki/Turboshaft" title="Turboshaft">turboshafts</a></li> <li><b>Main rotor diameter:</b> 19 m (62 ft 4 in)</li> <li><b>Maximum speed:</b> 336 km/h (209 mph, 181 kn)</li> <li><b>Service ceiling:</b> 9,000 m (29,528 ft)</li></ul> <p><span style="font-size:120%"><b>Armament</b></span><br /> </p> <ul><li>Up to 4 <a href="/wiki/Yu-7_torpedo" title="Yu-7 torpedo">Yu-7</a> ASW torpedoes <i>or</i> <a href="/wiki/YJ-9" class="mw-redirect" title="YJ-9">YJ-9</a> anti-ship missiles<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Up to 32 sonobuoys</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Changhe_Z-18&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p> <b>Related development</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/A%C3%A9rospatiale_Super_Frelon" class="mw-redirect" title="Aérospatiale Super Frelon">Aérospatiale Super Frelon/Harbin Z-8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avicopter_AC313" title="Avicopter AC313">Avicopter AC313</a></li></ul> <p><b>Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/AgustaWestland_AW101" title="AgustaWestland AW101">AgustaWestland AW101</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mil_Mi-38" title="Mil Mi-38">Mil Mi-38</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NHIndustries_NH90" title="NHIndustries NH90">NHIndustries NH90</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sikorsky_S-92" title="Sikorsky S-92">Sikorsky S-92</a></li></ul> <p> <b>Related lists</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rotorcraft" title="List of rotorcraft">List of rotorcraft</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Changhe_Z-18&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output 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href="/wiki/AgustaWestland_AW109" title="AgustaWestland AW109">CA-109</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurocopter_EC120_Colibri" title="Eurocopter EC120 Colibri">HC-120</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CAIC_Z-10" class="mw-redirect" title="CAIC Z-10">WZ-10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harbin_Z-19" title="Harbin Z-19">WZ-19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harbin_Z-5" title="Harbin Z-5">Z-5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A%C3%A9rospatiale_SA_321_Super_Frelon" title="Aérospatiale SA 321 Super Frelon">Z-8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harbin_Z-9" title="Harbin Z-9">Z-9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Changhe_Z-11" title="Changhe Z-11">Z-11</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Z-18</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harbin_Z-20" title="Harbin Z-20">Z-20</a></li> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Ultralight aircraft</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a 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class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Multirole_combat_aircraft" title="Multirole combat aircraft">Multirole</a><br />and <a href="/wiki/Strike_fighter" title="Strike fighter">strike</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shenyang_J-35" title="Shenyang J-35">J-35</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chengdu_J-20" title="Chengdu J-20">J-20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shenyang_J-15" title="Shenyang J-15">J-15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shenyang_J-16" title="Shenyang J-16">J-16</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chengdu_J-10" title="Chengdu J-10">J-10B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shenyang_J-11#J-11B" title="Shenyang J-11">J-11B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chengdu_J-10" title="Chengdu J-10">J-10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CAC/PAC_JF-17_Thunder" title="CAC/PAC JF-17 Thunder">FC-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xi%27an_JH-7" title="Xi'an JH-7">JH-7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sukhoi_Su-30MKK#Su-30MK2" title="Sukhoi Su-30MKK">Su-30MK2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sukhoi_Su-30MKK" title="Sukhoi Su-30MKK">Su-30MKK</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sukhoi_Su-35" title="Sukhoi Su-35">Su-35S</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Air_superiority_fighter" title="Air superiority fighter">Air superiority</a><br />and <a href="/wiki/Interceptor_aircraft" title="Interceptor aircraft">interceptor</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shenyang_J-35" title="Shenyang J-35">J-35</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chengdu_J-20" title="Chengdu J-20">J-20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shenyang_J-11#Variants" title="Shenyang J-11">J-11D</a><sup>*</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chengdu_J-10" title="Chengdu J-10">J-10B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shenyang_J-15" title="Shenyang J-15">J-15</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Shenyang_J-13" title="Shenyang J-13">J-13</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Nanchang_J-12" title="Nanchang J-12">J-12</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shenyang_J-11" title="Shenyang J-11">J-11</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Chengdu_J-9" title="Chengdu J-9">J-9</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shenyang_J-8" title="Shenyang J-8">J-8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chengdu_J-7" title="Chengdu J-7">J-7</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Shenyang_J-6" title="Shenyang J-6">J-6</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Shenyang_J-5" title="Shenyang J-5">J-5</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mikoyan-Gurevich_MiG-15" title="Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15">J-2</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mikoyan-Gurevich_MiG-9" title="Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-9">MiG-9</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sukhoi_Su-27" title="Sukhoi Su-27">Su-27</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Ground-attack_aircraft" class="mw-redirect" title="Ground-attack aircraft">Ground attack</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Nanchang_Q-5" title="Nanchang Q-5">Q-5</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Nanchang_Q-6" title="Nanchang Q-6">Q-6</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Electronic-warfare_aircraft" title="Electronic-warfare aircraft">Electronic warfare</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shenyang_J-16#Variants" title="Shenyang J-16">J-16D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shenyang_J-15#Variants" title="Shenyang J-15">J-15D</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Bomber" title="Bomber">Bombers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Xi%27an_H-20" title="Xi'an H-20">H-20</a><sup>*</sup></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Xi%27an_H-8" title="Xi'an H-8">H-8</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Harbin_H-7" title="Harbin H-7">H-7</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xi%27an_H-6" title="Xi'an H-6">H-6</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ilyushin_Il-28" title="Ilyushin Il-28">H-5</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tupolev_Tu-14" title="Tupolev Tu-14">Tu-14</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tupolev_Tu-2" title="Tupolev Tu-2">Tu-2</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Airborne_early_warning_and_control" title="Airborne early warning and control">AEW&C</a> and <a href="/wiki/Electronic-warfare_aircraft" title="Electronic-warfare aircraft">EW</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Xi%27an_KJ-600" title="Xi'an KJ-600">KJ-600</a><sup>*</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shaanxi_KJ-500" title="Shaanxi KJ-500">KJ-500</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KJ-2000" title="KJ-2000">KJ-2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shaanxi_Y-9JZ" title="Shaanxi Y-9JZ">Y-9JZ ELINT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shaanxi_Y-8#Variants" title="Shaanxi Y-8">Y-8CB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shaanxi_Y-8#Variants" title="Shaanxi Y-8">Y-8DZ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shaanxi_Y-8#Variants" title="Shaanxi Y-8">Y-8G</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shaanxi_Y-8#Variants" title="Shaanxi Y-8">Y-8GX3</a></li> <li><a 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navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Xi%27an_Y-20" title="Xi'an Y-20">YY-20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xi%27an_H-6" title="Xi'an H-6">HY-6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ilyushin_Il-78" title="Ilyushin Il-78">Il-78</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Reconnaissance_aircraft" title="Reconnaissance aircraft">Reconnaissance</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shenyang_J-8" title="Shenyang J-8">JZ-8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chengdu_J-7" title="Chengdu J-7">JZ-7</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Shenyang_J-6" title="Shenyang J-6">JZ-6</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Shenyang_J-5" title="Shenyang J-5">JZ-5</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ilyushin_Il-28" title="Ilyushin Il-28">HZ-5</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tupolev_Tu-154" title="Tupolev Tu-154">Tu-154M</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Military_transport_aircraft" title="Military transport aircraft">Transport</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Strategic_airlift" class="mw-redirect" title="Strategic airlift">Strategic</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Xi%27an_Y-20" title="Xi'an Y-20">Y-20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shaanxi_Y-9" title="Shaanxi Y-9">Y-9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shaanxi_Y-8" title="Shaanxi 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shaanxi_Y-9" title="Shaanxi Y-9">Y-9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harbin_Y-12" title="Harbin Y-12">Y-12</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Harbin_Y-11" title="Harbin Y-11">Y-11</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shaanxi_Y-8" title="Shaanxi Y-8">Y-8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xi%27an_Y-7" title="Xi'an Y-7">Y-7</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ilyushin_Il-14" title="Ilyushin Il-14">Y-6</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antonov_An-2" title="Antonov An-2">Y-5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bombardier_Challenger_600_series" title="Bombardier Challenger 600 series">CL 601</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tupolev_Tu-154" title="Tupolev Tu-154">Tu-154</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Trainer_aircraft" title="Trainer aircraft">Trainers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hongdu_JL-10" title="Hongdu JL-10">JL-10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guizhou_JL-9" title="Guizhou JL-9">JL-9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hongdu_JL-8" title="Hongdu JL-8">JL-8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Chengdu_J-7_variants#JJ-7_trainer_series" title="List of Chengdu J-7 variants">JJ-7</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Shenyang_J-6#Variants" title="Shenyang J-6">JJ-6</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Shenyang_J-5#Variants" title="Shenyang J-5">JJ-5</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mikoyan-Gurevich_MiG-15#Variants" title="Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15">JJ-2</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Shenyang_JJ-1" title="Shenyang JJ-1">JJ-1</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hongdu_Yakovlev_CJ-7" title="Hongdu Yakovlev CJ-7">CJ-7</a><sup>*</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nanchang_CJ-6" title="Nanchang CJ-6">CJ-6</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Yakovlev_Yak-18" title="Yakovlev Yak-18">CJ-5</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Yakovlev_Yak-11" title="Yakovlev Yak-11">Yak-11</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Helicopter" title="Helicopter">Helicopters</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Attack_helicopter" title="Attack helicopter">Attack</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Harbin_Z-20#Variants" title="Harbin Z-20">Z-21</a><sup>*</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harbin_Z-19" title="Harbin Z-19">Z-19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Changhe_Z-10" title="Changhe Z-10">Z-10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harbin_Z-9" title="Harbin Z-9">Z-9W</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Changhe_Z-11#Variants" title="Changhe Z-11">Z-11W</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Utility_helicopter" title="Utility helicopter">Transport<br />and utility</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Harbin_Z-20" title="Harbin Z-20">Z-20</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Z-18</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Airbus_Helicopters_H175" title="Airbus Helicopters H175">Z-15</a><sup>*</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Changhe_Z-11" title="Changhe Z-11">Z-11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harbin_Z-9" title="Harbin Z-9">Z-9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A%C3%A9rospatiale_SA_321_Super_Frelon" title="Aérospatiale SA 321 Super Frelon">Z-8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mil_Mi-8" title="Mil Mi-8">Mi-8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mil_Mi-17#Variants" title="Mil Mi-17">Mi-171</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Harbin/CHDRI_Z-6" title="Harbin/CHDRI Z-6">Z-6</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Harbin_Z-5" title="Harbin Z-5">Z-5</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Anti-submarine_warfare" title="Anti-submarine warfare">ASW</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Harbin_Z-20" title="Harbin Z-20">Z-20F</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Z-18F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harbin_Z-9" title="Harbin Z-9">Z-9C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A%C3%A9rospatiale_SA_321_Super_Frelon" title="Aérospatiale SA 321 Super Frelon">Z-8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamov_Ka-27" title="Kamov Ka-27">Ka-28</a></li></ul> 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title="Guizhou WZ-7 Soaring Dragon">WZ-7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AVIC_WZ-8" title="AVIC WZ-8">WZ-8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chengdu_WZ-10" title="Chengdu WZ-10">WZ-10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SYAC_UAV#Divine_Eagle" title="SYAC UAV">Shenyang Divine Eagle</a><sup>*</sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Combat</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mikoyan-Gurevich_MiG-15" title="Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15">BA-5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CAIG_Wing_Loong" title="CAIG Wing Loong">GJ-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CAIG_Wing_Loong_II" title="CAIG Wing Loong II">GJ-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hongdu_GJ-11" title="Hongdu GJ-11">GJ-11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AVIC_Dark_Sword" title="AVIC Dark Sword">Dark Sword</a><sup>*</sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> <ul><li><a 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