The Q-5, J-7, J-8 and older PLAAF aircraft
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Pardon, based on the translation:
... who is Du Wenlong ?
Time to convert them into kamikaze bait drones!
I have no idea. Looks like someone that was talking about this on CCTV.
Just a Chinese TV expert.
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Captain
Du Wenlong, with the rank of senior colonel, is a native of Tongzhou, Beijing. Graduated from Shijiazhuang Army Academy, Shijiazhuang Army Command College and National Defense University, master's degree in military science. CCTV special commentator [1-2], the first batch of external propaganda experts in the whole Chinese military.
Mainly engaged in the research of contract tactics and weapons and equipment.
He is currently the director of the Network Research Center of the China Military Culture Research Association, the chief consultant of the military section of Xinhuanet, and the chief expert of the Shanghai Civil-Military Integration Development Research Association
杜文龙，军衔，北京人。毕业于、和，军事学硕士。央视特约评论员 [1-2] ，全军首批外宣专家。主要从事合同战术和武器装备的研究工作。
现任中国军事文化研究会网络研究中心主任，新华网军事板块首席顾问，上海市军民融合发展研究会首席专家
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It always make me think of that poor guy, going in navy way :Inside a J-8's intake.
He jammed somewhere and survived.
China expected to retire legacy J-7 fighter jets from combat service in 2023
By Published: Jan 29, 2023 09:31 PM
Two J-7 fighter jets attached to an aviation brigade of the air force under the PLA Western Theater Command take off simultaneously for a live-fire flight training exercise on March 22, 2018.Photo:China Military
With the Chinese aviation industry building advanced fighter jets at an increasing pace, the country has been retiring its J-7 fighter jets since 2018, and the legacy aircraft could be completely decommissioned from the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force this year, experts said on Sunday.
In recent years, the PLA Air Force has received lots of new equipment, with many units switching to fly advanced, domestically developed fighter jets, reaching new levels in both aircraft and pilot training, the China Central Television (CCTV) reported on Saturday.
At the same time, legacy equipment is being steadily decommissioned, including the J-7, the first supersonic fighter jet developed by China that can reach Mach 2. This type of second-generation fighter jet was used by the PLA Air Force and the aviation force of the PLA Navy, the CCTV report said.
The complete decommissioning procedure of the J-7 was initiated in 2018, and units that still fly the jet will accelerate this process this year, CCTV said.
China's production capacity of new aircraft has been increasing, and the number of J-7 fighter jets remaining in active service is now low, Du Wenlong, a Chinese military expert, said in the report.
According to this fast pace, the J-7 will likely be retired from combat service of the PLA Air Force this year, Du said.
China has been building 4.5-generation fighter jets like the J-10C and J-16 as well as the fifth-generation fighter jet J-20 in large numbers, and they will eventually replace legacy fighter jets like the J-7, experts said.
As of the end of December last year, major Chinese military aircraft manufacturers announced , which observers said laid a solid foundation for the aviation forces of the PLA in 2023.
Wei Dongxu, a Chinese military expert, told the Global Times that the J-7 fighter jets significantly contributed to China's air defense, and many variants including the JL-9 trainer jet were developed based on the J-7.
The J-7 also sold well on the international market, Wei said.
The retired J-7s could be reserved for training and testing, or they could be modified to become drones and play new roles in modern warfare, analysts said.
J-7 fighter jets were among the PLA aircraft that were in an exercise in June 2021, said the defense authority on the island at the time, specifically noting that those J-7s were not drones.
Zhang Zhaozhong has an even more impressive looking resume. Doesn't change the fact that a lot of his analysis is BS.