Good luck with that.Dear Dongfeng:
I was wondering if you could tell me the external differences between the Soviet Mig.17 and the Chinese J-5/F-5, as can't seem to find any information dealing with the differences.
Bob Hanes - F-102A
FYI, Dongfeng has not posted here on SD since 2009, five years ago, and the post you are responding to was from 2006, nine years ago.
As to the two aircraft, the Chinese license built the MiG-17. The PLAAF first obtained a number of Soviet-built MiG-17 day fighters, which they designated J-5 in the 1950s. The PLAAF obtained plans for the MiG-17F fighter in 1955, along with two completed pattern aircraft, 15 knockdown kits, and parts for ten aircraft. So, with the kits from Russia, the first Chinese-built MiG-17F produced by Shenyang made its initial flight in July 1956.
In 1961 plans for the MiG-17PF were obtained, and Chinese production of that aircraft began as the J-5A (F-5A). But this is when the split occurred between the Soviet Union and China the Chinese military industrial and technical projects were severely impacted. As a result, the first J-5A did not fly until 1964. A total of 767 J-5s and J-5As had been built when production ended in 1969.
The Chinese also produced a 2-seat version that they called the JJ-5. I believe that they produced over 1,000 of these into the mid 1980s.
Here's some of pics of the Mig-17 and the J-5 (also a JJ-5):
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