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Not exactly sure. A lot of J-11B could be to fill up existing regiments and J-11BS could be used in any of the new Flanker regiments. So, we are not sure exactly. Each regiment probably has 24 aircraft, but some like First division may have more (like 30+). Also, the first regiment was using only AL-31F, so that doesn't count toward Taihang total. At this point, they should be able to produce 100 Taihang a year with no problem i would imagine.
Think that makes good sense since 2007/2008 at 100 engines per year would make say 500+ engines if we start to consider all the replacements and other aircrafts that have been produced with Taihang engines we could be looking at roughly this figure
Once J16, J15 and J10B start using Taihang demand could be stretched even if they cease J11B production let's say they build 24 x J16 and 24 x J15 per year plus 24 x J10B the 100 production rate won't match aircraft production since for each Flanker you need two Taihang engines
So either they supplement with AL-31 or up production of Taihang