PLAAF & PLANAF H-6 Long Range Bomber thread

[LKJ86]

Via @解放军报 from Weixin

 

[Deino]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1299070040428380160

 

[LKJ86]

Via @南部空军 from Weixin

 

[Philip the Arab]

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Via @南部空军 from Weixin

Are these newly built aircraft, they look very well maintained.

 

[LKJ86]

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[Deino]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1306593953039265800

 

[Deino]

via ROCAF

 

[LKJ86]

H-6J

Via @人民海军 from Weibo

 

[Beast]

Are these newly built aircraft, they look very well maintained.

Of cos they are. They are not old HN-6 convert.

 

[Philip the Arab]

Of cos they are. They are not old HN-6 convert.

When will production stop? When H-20 is finished?

 

[Beast]

When will production stop? When H-20 is finished?

From what we know there is a new H-6J.
It may still in production. H-6 series are good for peacetime strategic patrol. They have the range and capacity to carry large avionics and ECM to project power to a distance.

 

[siegecrossbow]

When will production stop? When H-20 is finished?

They’ll stay in service well into the 2050s so I assume production will continue for at least another decade.

 

[LKJ86]

From what we know there is a new H-6J.
It may still in production. H-6 series are good for peacetime strategic patrol. They have the range and capacity to carry large avionics and ECM to project power to a distance.

There is H-6N.

 

[Deino]

H-6J
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Great ...so no. 12 was spotted within that unit!

https://twitter.com/x/status/1309523195364552707

 

[Figaro]

They’ll stay in service well into the 2050s so I assume production will continue for at least another decade.

I bet Tupolev didn't think their design would last 100 years