JH-7/JH-7A/JH-7B Thread
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What competitions did the JH-7 participate in?
JayBird
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Google translate: Four countries(China, Russia , Belarus and Kazakhstan) send teams to participate in the " Aviation darts " contest in Ryazan. A team of three JH-7 from the PLAA 28th division compteted Vs two teams of Su-34, three teams of Su-24 in air navigation skills, visual aerial reconnaissance , single aerobatic, ground attack, and fitness testing. The JH-7 team finish in the third place in the final standing of the compettion.
It is called Avia-dart.
The JH-7 would, IMHO, not be able to defeat the SU-34 in such a competition, and would have a tough time against front line Russian SU-24 units.
Sounds like they did well in any case. Was this their first time?
I think last year they sent Su-30MKKs, so yes this was the first time sending JH-7s I think.
The entire aviadarts competition is a bit weird though; they're really assessing the accuracy of the pilots in their respective aircraft, as they're only firing unguided rockets and dumb bombs. The competition isn't really reflective of the aircraft's strike capabilities necessarily given in real situations it would be the suite of smart munitions which mission success will depend on.
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If that was the case, then the competition would be a measure of, other than pilot skills, the control-ability and stability of the aircraft which are important determinants while firing unguided rockets and launching dumb bombs. Third place out of 6 competing teams is a commendable result.
janjak desalin
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That's precisely what Avia-dart is, a dart game, a game of aiming technique and firing mechanics control. In this case, the pilots body is the aircraft, of which "control-ability and stability" are significant factors, but his/her aiming technique, though aided by instrumentation, is still much the same as the basic dart-thrower, i. e., hand-eye coordination and shooting at just the right instant.
IMHO, it's too bad the competition is bogged down with these huge, monster, jets. This kind of competition would be great for, and more relevant to, smaller trainer/light-attack jets and turbo-prop powered aircraft that are better suited to the COIN operations in which the use these of types of weapons is SOP.
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JH-7A flying over China's Paracel Islands yongxing dao. ( From dingsheng 被遗忘的老班长)
Beautiful pictures.
I think the two I included aboive say it all.
Great shots of a PLAN military aircraft flying over Sasha, emphasizing the way things are in that part of the world.