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Scramble 469
China
People’s Liberation Army Air Force (AF)
J7E
70188 97th Brigade apr18
So also the 33rd Div/97th Regiment has been converted to a
Brigade.
J7E (J7L)
63028 21st Brigade apr18
Again, a new Regiment has been identified that has converted
to Brigrade. Also, it proves underlines satellite pictures that
in 2017 the Brigade transferred from J7II to J7E. Actually,
based on some antenna’s on the tail (an unseen modified avi-
onics) this is actually a J7L (or J7EG) that has some improve-
ments that can also be found on the J7G. For the time being
we stick to the J7E designation.
J8F
61241 3rd Brigade apr18
J8DH
68395 78th Brigade may18
J10S
68511 70th Brigade may18
With this J10S pictured during pre-delivery activities, the end
of the J7E and J7G operations within the Brigade has come to
an end. The J10As arriving were taken from 72nd Brigade.
J11A
61157 4th Brigade may18
61250 4th Brigade apr18
61254 4th Brigade apr18
J11BS
62472 16th Brigade may18
J16
78634 172nd Brigade may18
JH7A
62163 15th Brigade apr18
JL8
3041/01 Xi’an FA/4th Brig apr18
3045/05 Xi’an FA/4th Brig apr18
3142/12 Xi’an FA/4th Brig apr18
3148/18 Xi’an FA/4th Brig apr18
3543/53 Xi’an FA/4th Brig apr18
Su-30MKK
66154 54th Brigade may18
Su-35S
61271 6th Brigade may18
61272 6th Brigade may18
61273 6th Brigade may18
61274 6th Brigade may18
In May the Su-35S performed the first high profile escort
service when two aircraft escorted an H6K that flew around
ROC/Taiwan, itself also being the first time Taiwan got
encircled
Y20
11057/07 4th Div/10th Reg may18
With code 04 still not seen, the 10th Regiment now has at
least six Y20s on standby.
People’s Liberation Army (AR)
Mi-171
LH981706 74th Brigade may18
LH992762 72nd Brigade may18
Mi-171E
LH962797 79th Brigade apr18
LH981716 74th Brigade may18
LH981718 74th Brigade may18
Z8G
LH982835 121st Brigade may18
Z9WZ
LH911983 Xinjiang Brigade apr18
LH962958 79th Brigade apr18
LH963918 80th Brigade may18
LH963920 80th Brigade may18
LH981908 74th Brigade may18
LH981910 74th Brigade may18
LH981915 74th Brigade may18
LH981920 74th Brigade may18
LH981926 74th Brigade may18
LH981936 74th Brigade may18
These are the first sightings of helicopters of the 79th Brigade
with the new serial range 962cxx.
Z10
LH911120 Xinjiang Brigade apr18
LH911126 Xinjiang Brigade apr18
LH911136 Xinjiang Brigade apr18
During the Friendship Day at Iwakuni on 5 May 2018, Jonathan Verschuuren encountered US-2 9906, resting on the apron. This frame was
delivered in August 2017 and was the sixth to join 71 Kokutai where five US-2s are operational.
