In 2017, the third serial unit of the Japanese Kawasaki C-2 transport aircraft was
supplied to the JSDAF 403rd Transportation Battalion.
he Chinese Hongdu L-15 training aircraft. A combat variant thereof was presented in April 2017. The
aircraft is to feature an on-board radar, a self-defense system, and nine hard points to carry up to
3,500 kg of weapon systems.
Shaanxi Y-9, the successor to Y-8 – a copy of the Russian An-12B. According to the available data,
the Chinese Y-9s reached the initial operating capability in 2012 and so far have been purchased
abroad only by Myanmar.
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