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The Xi'an H-6 (Chinese: 轰-6; pinyin: Hōng-6) [a] is a twin-engine jet bomber of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF). The H-6 is a license-built version of the Soviet Tupolev Tu-16 and remains the primary bomber aircraft of the People's Republic of China.
The 10th Bomber Division or 10th Air Division (10th AD, Chinese: 空军航空兵第十师 ; pinyin: Kōngjūn Hángkōngbīng dì Shí Shī, Unit 94810) of the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) is an air formation of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The 10th Bomber Division has been accorded the honorary titles of "Model Bomber Group" (模范轰炸机大队) and "Red Banner ...
Aircraft Origin Type Variants In service Notes Combat aircraft; Xian H-6: China: Strategic bomber: Xi'an H-6K/H-6M: 209 [1]: License built variant of the Tupolev Tu-16: Xian JH-7
China's new H-6N strategic bomber could carry CJ-100 supersonic cruise missiles or the WZ-8 supersonic stealth spy drone, increasing its maximum strike range to 6,000km (3,728 miles), military ...
China’s only active bomber, the Xian H-6, is a development of the Soviet Union’s Tupolev Tu-16, known to NATO as the “Badger.” The Tu-16 first flew in 1952. The Tu-16 first flew in 1952.
Today, the 8th Bomber Division is assigned to the Southern Theater Command and operates Xian H-6 bombers. [1] The 8th Bomber Division, the first and longest-serving bomber unit in the PRC, has been deployed in the 1950–1953 Korean War, 1958 Second Taiwan Strait Crisis, 1959 Tibetan uprising, and today conducts deterrence patrols in the South ...
The Russian Tu-95MS “Bear” strategic bombers and Chinese Xi’an H-6 bombers were spotted in the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone (Adiz) – but did not enter US or Canadian airspace, US ...
In the same year, PLAAF general Ma Xiaotian announced that China was developing a new type of long-range bomber on the air force's open day, [44] which is later coined as the Xian H-20 stealth bomber. [45] After the reform, analysts noted PLAAF's joint operation and integrated fighting capabilities were considerably improved. [46]