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

ChongqingHotPot92 said:

Would it be possible to mate AESA radars with J-8II's existing power generation systems?

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Too few too late.

A very old image of what appears to be a prototype of J-7II/F-7II, might be an export variant. Back then, the airfield at Chengdu Aircraft was still surrounded by farm land.

What a rarity, a J-7H from the 63rd Air Brigade - as per my list based at Mudanjiang-Hailang - with serial number 67343 clearly visible.

Does anyone know how recent it is even more since per rumours the 63rd AB was either said to operate J-7E, J-8F or to receive J-10C!

A retired J-7 of the August 1st Aerobatic team at Chengdu's aviation park.

Does anyone know for certain which variant of the J-8 may first have used the PL-11 / Aspide missile?

Also what is this intake for?

Perhaps it is for JZ-8 models only?

MiG_23M said:

Also what is this intake for?

Spoiler: intake

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The Chinese explanation said it's for "cooling, under '82' engineering/project". And it's a very "compromised" design.

There are many variants from J-8I to J-8F that have this design. What is the '82' engineering project? This was also tested on the peace pearl model.

Imagine if those late variant J-7 are donated to North Korea. Yum. Also imagine couple hundreds of pilots ready for J-20 and J-16. The stage is set for a very powerful PLAAF next year.