PLA AEW&C, SIGINT, EW and MPA thread

[Deino]

No.12 KJ-500 under the PLA Eastern Theater Command, suggesting that its serial number is 30172:

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Interesting since these two-digit numbers were indeed a mystery to me. However they are surely not 30172, since they are from the Naval Aviation.
As such it could be a KJ-500H from the 1st Naval Aviation Division at Shanghai with former the number 81112.

 

[xyqq]

A KQ-200 MPA with a number started with 8 (@解放军报, PLA Post):



Could be no. 85:



Or no. 86:



All other pictures got the numbers erased:

 

[ansy1968]

A KQ-200 MPA with a number started with 8 (@解放军报, PLA Post):

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Could be no. 85:

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Or no. 86:

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All other pictures got the numbers erased:

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@xyqq the first two prototype? (85 & 86)

 

[Deino]

@xyqq the first two prototype? (85 & 86)

No, they were numbered nos. 731 & 732

 

[xyqq]

Probably #86 Y-8Q MPA:



Somehow, '8' got erased but '6' survived:



It sat abreast with 6 other MPAs on the parking apron:



After one or more of them completed a whole-day exercise on March 10, 2021:



Start-up in the morning:



Pre-flight check:

 

[xyqq]

Interesting since these two-digit numbers were indeed a mystery to me. However they are surely not 30172, since they are from the Naval Aviation.
As such it could be a KJ-500H from the 1st Naval Aviation Division at Shanghai with former the number 81112.

#14 KJ-500 spotted (source: @ Eastern Theater)：



KJ-500 #10：



Three KJ-500s (the left one seems to be #10 or #11):



Four in a row:



A 5-digit serial number in the same unit:



Two KJ-500s (the left one with a 2-digit number):

 

[escobar]

Y-9T TACAMO, from Huitong

 

[sequ]

Does anyone have an estimate or confirmed number of how many KJ-500 there are in service?

 

[by78]

Screen grabs of KJ-500's cockpit.

 

[by78]

Y-9T TACAMO, from Huitong
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The original image...