UAE orders Chinese L-15 planes with Ukrainian engines
22 February, 2023 A scale model of the Chinese L-15 training aircraft at IDEX 23 in Abu Dhabi, UAE, February 2023. Photo credits: Global Times During the IDEX 2023 international exhibition in Abu Dhabi, the Chinese Hongdu Aviation Industry Corporation entered into an agreement to sell the L-15 jet trainer and light combat aircraft to the United Arab Emirates.
Global Times reported this. It is noted that a year ago, the UAE Ministry of Defense announced its intention to conclude a deal with a Chinese company. It included purchasing 12 L-15 aircraft with the option to acquire 36 more.
The agreement was finally signed at IDEX 2023.
Hongdu L-15 trainer and light combat aircraft. Photo from open sources
AVIC's press release notes that the aircraft can be used to train pilots of fourth- and fifth-generation fighter jets.
Incidentally, the L-15 presented at IDEX 23 was already painted in the colors of the UAE Air Force and equipped with additional equipment for aerial refueling.
A scale model of the Chinese L-15 training aircraft at IDEX 23 in Abu Dhabi, UAE, February 2023. Photo credits: Global Times
In November 2019, China hosted the presentation of an L-15B new light combat training aircraft. It is a modified variant of the L-15 (JL-10).
Its main difference from the "basic" L-15 is the equipment developed by the Zaporizhzhya "Ivchenko-Progress" design bureau with an afterburner version of the ??-222-25 engine manufactured by Motor-Sich JSC. With this engine, the aircraft can reach supersonic speed.
AI-222-25 engine
The L-15B also has onboard radar, self-defense and weapons control systems, including guided weapons, and 11 external suspension units. In January 2021, Motor-Sich signed a contract to supply ??-322 aircraft engines for the needs of the PRC Air Force.
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