[Jeff Head]

The Chinese fly and now license build a mopdernization of the Russian TU-16 badger bomber to this day. They have modified the design and used 14 of them for quite some time as refueling aircraft.

More recently that have purchased 8 IL-78 tanker aircraft from Russia...much more modern, much more capable.

[El Gato]

The Chinese fly and now license build a mopdernization of the Russian TU-16 badger bomber to this day. They have modified the design and used 14 of them for quite some time as refueling aircraft.

Which the Soviets did with their Badgers a long time ago. Although it looks like the Chinese modification is not the same as the Soviet one.

From FAS:

from 1963 on the TU-16 was converted into TU-16N tanker aircraft. This tanker version featured a 'Probe and drogue' system with a Yakovlev-built centerline fueling unit in the bomb bay and ARK-5 beacon. It was mainly used to support probe-equipped Tu-22 and Tu-22M Blinder bomber regiments..

The earlier Tu-16E could could refuel other Tu-16s in an unusual wing-tip to wing-tip configuration.