franco-russe
Senior Member
I do not really see J-7 as a competitor for F-35. The chances that poor countries like Bangladesh or Nigeria would buy F-35 are very slim. But the chance of Italy or Canada buying J-7 is even slimmer...
There are 30 J-7 brigades/regiments in PLAAF and 1 in PLANAF. Counting about 30 per regiment, that amounts to roughly 950.
There are 6 PLAAF and 2 PLANAF fighter regiments with 210 J-8 II variants.
The JZ-8F count is more difficult, because the plane is still in production, but 3 full PLAAF brigade/regiments would be about 60, plus 6 in PLANAF 15 Regiment.
The most recent GE image (18.03.11) of SAC Shenyang-Beiling 41 51 35 N 123 25 54 E shows 22 JZ-8F awaiting delivery. The previous one (06.04.10) showed just 13.
If the current pattern of about two fighter regiments per year continues, it would take about 18 years to replace them all, i.e. in 2030.
There are 30 J-7 brigades/regiments in PLAAF and 1 in PLANAF. Counting about 30 per regiment, that amounts to roughly 950.
There are 6 PLAAF and 2 PLANAF fighter regiments with 210 J-8 II variants.
The JZ-8F count is more difficult, because the plane is still in production, but 3 full PLAAF brigade/regiments would be about 60, plus 6 in PLANAF 15 Regiment.
The most recent GE image (18.03.11) of SAC Shenyang-Beiling 41 51 35 N 123 25 54 E shows 22 JZ-8F awaiting delivery. The previous one (06.04.10) showed just 13.
If the current pattern of about two fighter regiments per year continues, it would take about 18 years to replace them all, i.e. in 2030.