I see Scramble.nl using J-7L name. That's new to me. What version is L? I assume it's some kind of modernized older J7II, but what sort of modernization are we talking about? And when was it carried out, when did that "L" first start popping up?
The same website currently lists
3 units using J7G
4 units using J7E
2 units using J7L
4 units using J7H
1 unit using J7D
and 9 units using J7II
I must say I find that distribution highly unlikely. J7Es should be more numerous, given that we know they were produced in higher numbers for PLAAF. Plus some years ago there were indeed more E units listed, something like 7+. So it's likely that scramble updated the units trading in their E models for newer planes (like J10 or whatever) but they could not track where those E models went to. So they just left the old J7II in some units which should have, by all logic, received those hand me down J7Es.
There's a chance L model is in fact E model but that alone doesn't make the math work either. Plus it's debatable if J7Es would get modernized further now that they're fairly close to end of their service.
The same website currently lists
3 units using J7G
4 units using J7E
2 units using J7L
4 units using J7H
1 unit using J7D
and 9 units using J7II
I must say I find that distribution highly unlikely. J7Es should be more numerous, given that we know they were produced in higher numbers for PLAAF. Plus some years ago there were indeed more E units listed, something like 7+. So it's likely that scramble updated the units trading in their E models for newer planes (like J10 or whatever) but they could not track where those E models went to. So they just left the old J7II in some units which should have, by all logic, received those hand me down J7Es.
There's a chance L model is in fact E model but that alone doesn't make the math work either. Plus it's debatable if J7Es would get modernized further now that they're fairly close to end of their service.