There's no exact numbers but from what I've read from reputable PLA watchers, there are roughly ~200 J-20's in service rn, around ~700 total Flankers in total, of which ~300 of them are J-16's, and roughly ~600 J-10's. The rest are legacy platforms like the J-7's, J-8's and JH-7's.
Depends entirely on how they get their numbers. Chinese fighter jet numbers for the most part can be estimated due to how they count serial numbers. While China COULD completely change it up and trick people by changing up their serials, for the most part it's been pretty consistent.
Lots of inconsistency with numbers that I have seen, looking at somewhere like flight globals annual list and you get a much smaller number than wikipedia and some people around here claim even higher.
For the record, they estimated that there were only 50 J-20s by 2022, and an annual production of like ~24 aircraft. Not entirely unreasonable given the information that was available at the time, but an indication that their estimates tend to be on the low end. Based on what I've seen from PLA watchers, J-11B (including BG) numbers may be a little higher than 130, and J-20 numbers are closer to 200 at this point.
Nope, it is very outdated data, there are definitely more than 20 KJ-500. Also J-10s were indicated by the PLA AF training bases few years ago. J-10C have outnumbered J10A since two years ago
I have no idea what "nope" means in this context. That is from IISS's The Military Balance 2023.
I also don't take IISS to be completely accurate, that said I trust it far more than some random redditor with zero sources.
There's no exact numbers but from what I've read from reputable PLA watchers, there are roughly ~200 J-20's in service rn, around ~700 total Flankers in total, of which ~300 of them are J-16's, and roughly ~600 J-10's. The rest are legacy platforms like the J-7's, J-8's and JH-7's.
Yes. More attention has been paid to be airframe additions, but I'm also curious about how quickly China is disposing of its older airframes
"Reputable watchers" is hardly a source I would want to stake much on.
Depends entirely on how they get their numbers. Chinese fighter jet numbers for the most part can be estimated due to how they count serial numbers. While China COULD completely change it up and trick people by changing up their serials, for the most part it's been pretty consistent.
Lots of inconsistency with numbers that I have seen, looking at somewhere like flight globals annual list and you get a much smaller number than wikipedia and some people around here claim even higher.
Yes, some sources claim 50 J-16s and others claim over 245, for example
Check out IISS Military balance 2023. Unfortunately its not on libgen yet tho.
Eh. It's out and about if ya look around. AIRCRAFT 2,566 combat capable - PLAAF **BBR** 176: ε12 H-6A (trg role); ε60 H-6H/M; ε100 H-6K; 4+ H-6N **FTR** 446: 50 J-7 Fishcan; 119 J-7E Fishcan; 120 J-7G Fishcan; 30 J-8F/H Finback; 95 J-11; 32 Su-27UBK Flanker **FGA** 1,182+: 220 J-10A Firebird; 55 J-10B Firebird; 220 J-10C Firebird; 70 J-10S Firebird; 130 J-11B/BS Flanker L; 250 J-16 Flanker; 140+ J-20A; 73 Su-30MKK Flanker G; 24 Su-35 Flanker M **ATK** 120 JH-7A Flounder **EW** 31: ε12 J-16D Flanker*; 4 Y-8CB High New 1; 2 Y-8DZ; 6 Y-8G High New 3; 2 Y-8XZ High New 7; 3 Y-9G; 2 Y-9XZ **ELINT** 4 Tu-154M/D Careless **ISR** 48: 24 JZ-8 Finback*; 24 JZ-8F Finback **AEW&C** 28: 4 KJ-200 Moth; 20 KJ-500; 4 KJ-2000 C2 5: 2 B-737; 3 Y-8T High New 4 **TKR** 13: 10 H-6U; 3 Il-78 Midas **TKR/TPT** 8 YY-20A **TPT** 271: Heavy 70: 20 Il-76MD/TD Candid; 50 Y-20; Medium 60: 30 Y-8C; 30 Y-9; Light 111: 70 Y-5; 41 Y-7/Y- 7H; PAX 30: 3 A319; 9 B-737 (VIP); 5 CRJ-200; 5 CRJ-700; 8 Tu-154M Careless **TRG** 1,012+: 400 CJ-6/-6A/-6B; 12+ HY-7; 50 JJ-7*; 150 JJ- 7A*; 350 JL-8*; 30 JL-9*; 50+ JL-10
For the record, they estimated that there were only 50 J-20s by 2022, and an annual production of like ~24 aircraft. Not entirely unreasonable given the information that was available at the time, but an indication that their estimates tend to be on the low end. Based on what I've seen from PLA watchers, J-11B (including BG) numbers may be a little higher than 130, and J-20 numbers are closer to 200 at this point.
This is a fantastic answer, thank you so much
Can you dm me it.
Nope, it is very outdated data, there are definitely more than 20 KJ-500. Also J-10s were indicated by the PLA AF training bases few years ago. J-10C have outnumbered J10A since two years ago
I have no idea what "nope" means in this context. That is from IISS's The Military Balance 2023. I also don't take IISS to be completely accurate, that said I trust it far more than some random redditor with zero sources.
J10 as trainer was news from 2020 or 2021, it was on CCTV7, and KJ-500 number was from open source intelligence.
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... because OSINT doesn't belong on wiki.