PLA AEW&C, SIGINT, EW and MPA thread

[Deino]

With the serial number 82039 - aka no. 09 - already the 9th KQ-200 ASW was spotted for the 3rd Naval Air Division assigned to the STC.

The so far highest number spotted within this NAD was no. 82034.

Image by SS7D-0027 via JP/Jetphotos

 

[Hendrik_2000]

The so far highest number spotted within this NAD was no. 82034.

So how many have been built reading the serial number 34?

 

[asif iqbal]

I think we are into double figures for most of the special mission aircraft

Y-8Q, Y9JZ and definitely into the 20s for the KJ-500 AWACS

handful of Y-9DZ, Y9-XZ and Y-9G

overall good distribution of units of Y-9 platform and Y-8 category III

not to mention large production of the Y-9 transport

 

[Deino]

So how many have been built reading the serial number 34?

34 is not the serial ... it's 09, always the third and fifth digit.

 

[asif iqbal]

interesting and it gets better

Also the one in the yellow primer (left) is a KJ-500 AWACS, we just can't see the rotodome due the tail of the foreground Y-8

so from left to right

KJ-500, KJ-500, KQ-200, Y-9G, Y-9G

 

[TerraN_EmpirE]

I know the focus is on the background birds but you know I kinda always have a soft spot for those old glass nosed birds.

 

[mr.bean]

I know the focus is on the background birds but you know I kinda always have a soft spot for those old glass nosed birds.

same here. i remember seeing pixs of the couple of Y-8's sold to Venezuela and i loved that retro look inside with all the gauges and glass cone.

 

[by78]

High-resolution magazine scans of Y-8Q...

 

[Bhurki]

Thats a long boom...! Must be really hard while taking off and landing to avoid a tailstrike.

 

[TerraN_EmpirE]

Is it fixed Or retractable?