# List of historic aircraft of the People's Liberation Army Air Force

List of historic aircraft of the People's Liberation Army Air Force is a list of aircraft no-longer in service with the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF).

## Domestic built aircraft

| Aircraft type | National origin | Year | Year | Notes |
| Aircraft type | National origin | In service | Retired | Notes |
| Harbin Z-5 | People's Republic of China | 1959 | Unknown | Helicopter |
| Nanchang CJ-5 | People's Republic of China | 1954 | 2001 | Trainer |
| Shenyang J-2 | People's Republic of China | 1950 | 1986 | Fighter |
| Shenyang J-5 | People's Republic of China | 1956 | 1992 | Fighter |
| Shenyang J-6 | People's Republic of China | 1962 | 2010 | Fighter |
| Shenyang J-8 | People's Republic of China | 1980 | 2011 | Fighter |
| Nancang Q-5 | People's Republic of China | 1965 | 2017 | Attacker |
| Harbin H-5 | People's Republic of China | 1965 | 2011 | Bomber |

## Foreign origin aircraft

| Aircraft type | National origin | Year | Year | Notes |
| Aircraft type | National origin | In service | Retired | Notes |
| Aero L-29 Delfin | Czechoslovakia | 1966 | 1988 | Trainer |
| Aichi E13A | Japan | 1945 | ? | Captured Japanese floatplane |
| Antonov An-2 | Soviet Union | 1950 | 1981 | Transport locally built version in use |
| Beriev Be-6 | Soviet Union | 1955 | 2001 | Maritime patrol seaplane |
| Consolidated B-24 Liberator | United States | 1946 | 1949 | Captured bomber |
| Curtiss C-46 Commando | United States | 1949 | 1985 | Captured Nationalist transport |
| de Havilland Mosquito | United Kingdom | 1949 | 1951 | Captured Nationalist bomber |
| Ilyushin Il-10 | Soviet Union | 1949 | 1972 | Ground attack aircraft |
| Ilyushin Il-12 | Soviet Union | 1950 | 1998 | Transport aircraft |
| Ilyushin Il-14 | Soviet Union | 1955 | 1998 | Transport aircraft |
| Ilyushin Il-28 | Soviet Union | 1952 | 1997 | Jet bomber |
| Kawasaki Ki-45 | Japan | 1945 | 1946 | Captured Japanese heavy fighter |
| Kawasaki Ki-48 | Japan | 1945 | 1949 | Captured Japanese medium bomber |
| Kawasaki Ki-61 | Japan | 1945 | 1949 | Captured Japanese fighter |
| Lavochkin La-7 | Soviet Union | 1950 | 1958 | Fighter |
| Lavochkin La-9 | Soviet Union | 1949 | 1959 | Fighter |
| Lavochkin La-11 | Soviet Union | 1949 | 1964 | Fighter |
| Lisunov Li-2 | Soviet Union | 1949 | 2001 | Transport aircraft, Soviet licensed DC-3 |
| Mansyu Ki-79 | Japan | 1945 | 1946 | Captured Japanese trainer |
| Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-9 | Soviet Union | 1950 | 1956 | Jet fighter |
| Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 | Soviet Union | 1950 | 1987 | Fighter |
| Mil Mi-1 | Soviet Union | 1950 | 1991 | Transport helicopter |
| Mitsubishi Ki-51 | Japan | 1945 | 1949 | Captured Japanese light bomber |
| Nakajima Ki-43 | Japan | 1945 | 1949 | Captured Japanese fighter |
| North American B-25 Mitchell | United States | 1948 | 1960s | Captured Nationalist medium bomber |
| North American P-51 Mustang | United States | 1949 | 1955 | Captured Nationalist fighter |
| North American T-6 Texan | United States | 1949 | 1950 | Captured Nationalist trainer |
| Petlyakov Pe-2 | Soviet Union | 1949 | 1957 | Light/dive bomber |
| Polikarpov Po-2 | Soviet Union | 1949 | 1968 | Utility biplane/trainer |
| Republic P-47 Thunderbolt | United States | 1949 | 1950 | Captured Nationalist fighter |
| Stearman PT-17 | United States | 1949 | 1968 | Captured Nationalist trainer |
| Tachikawa Ki-55 | Japan | 1945 | 1953 | Captured Japanese trainer |
| Tupolev SB | Soviet Union | 1937 | 1938 | Medium bomber |
| Tupolev Tu-2 | Soviet Union | 1950 | 1982 | Medium bomber |
| Tupolev Tu-4 | Soviet Union | 1951 | 1997 | Heavy bomber, copy of Boeing-29 Superfortress |
| Tupolev Tu-14 | Soviet Union | 1957 | 1960s | Torpedo bomber |
| Tupolev Tu-16 | Soviet Union | 1959 | 1985 | Heavy bomber, Chinese variant in service |
| Tupolev Tu-124 | Soviet Union | 1980 | 1994 | Airliner |
| Vickers Viscount | United Kingdom | 1967 | 1986 | Turboprop airliner |
| Yakovlev Yak-9 | Soviet Union | 1949 | 1957 | Fighter |
| Yakovlev Yak-11 | Soviet Union | 1949 | 1983 | Advanced trainer |
| Yakovlev Yak-12 | Soviet Union | 1949 | 1973 | Light utility transport |
| Yakovlev Yak-17 | Soviet Union | 1950 | 1952 | Jet fighter |
| Yakovlev Yak-18 | Soviet Union | 1949 | 1992 | Primary trainer, Chinese variant in service |