The Q-5, J-7, J-8 and older PLAAF aircraft

J-7 crash near Xiangyang. Pilot ejected and landed safely but unfortunately there was collateral damage, with two civilians and one civilian killed.

siegecrossbow said:

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J-7 crash near Xiangyang. Pilot ejected and landed safely but unfortunately there was collateral damage, with two civilians and one civilian killed.

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Video of the crash site:

Maikeru said:

Video of the crash site:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1534821504960999424

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J-7 planes are old and should be retired? They are probably ripe but most of them that are flying are younger than our f-18 in Canada, lol!

Atomicfrog said:

J-7 planes are old and should be retired? They are probably ripe but most of them that are flying are younger than our f-18 in Canada, lol!

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Latest batch was produced during the early 2000s. As late as the early 2010s Chengdu was still making them, but those were bound for Bangladesh.

Pakistan test flew the J-8 back in 1990.

Today marks the 66th anniversary of the successful maiden flight of the J-5 fighter.

Here's a question that I never really thought about until now, but back in 2009 at that year's Zhuhai air show, there was a photo of what was purported to be a real, built Shenyang F-8T interceptor.

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I had always thought the J-8T was never actually built and was just proposed for export, but is this a real aircraft or just a photoshop, or a different aircraft used as a stand in for the press photo? Sorry if this question has been asked before, but it's difficult to search this thread for very short search terms (like"F-8T").

Two interesting images. What are these concepts?

by78 said:

Two interesting images. What are these concepts?

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the first image remind me so-called J-14...

125 Brigade J-7H (Nanning) 24
(125 Brigade is being refitted J-10C)

97 Brigade J-7E (Chongqing Dazu) 36

63 Brigade J-7H (Mudanjiang) 36
88 Brigade J-7E (Dandong) 36
44 Brigade J-7G (Hohhot) 36 aircraft

27 Brigade J-7L (Beijing Yanqing) 36
52 Brigade J-7G (Wuhan, Hubei) 36

Air Special 93 Regiment Fighter Reconnaissance J-8F (Suzhou) 24
Air Special 46 Regiment Fighter Reconnaissance J-8F (Shenyang) 24

Total:
48 J-8s are in active service
240 J-7s are in active service