plawolf
Lieutenant General
Not really sure where to put this, but I noticed something a bit odd.
Weihai airport is a mixed military-civilian one that I sometimes fly to when travelling in China.
The airlines are very hot on making passengers close the blinds when approaching the military part, so photos/videos are not worth the hassle, but I did get a peek when I was in China recently.
37°10'39"N 122°13'41"E · 35.8 m
The unit there seems to be a mix of J7s, J10s and JL9s.
The J7 numbers have been gradually reducing over the years, and now, there only seem to be 3 J7s there, but they are the only ones armed for CAP.
When I am I the area, I frequently see J10s and JL9s taking off and landing (they fly to somewhere else to do most of their actual training), but never J7s.
Just seems odd to me to have a tiny token J7 unit present who don’t seem to train and just sit there on quick alert CAP standby duty. Maybe the J7s are homebased elsewhere, and they just maintain their presence there for CAP cover to ensure the J10s are available for training?
Weihai airport is a mixed military-civilian one that I sometimes fly to when travelling in China.
The airlines are very hot on making passengers close the blinds when approaching the military part, so photos/videos are not worth the hassle, but I did get a peek when I was in China recently.
37°10'39"N 122°13'41"E · 35.8 m
The unit there seems to be a mix of J7s, J10s and JL9s.
The J7 numbers have been gradually reducing over the years, and now, there only seem to be 3 J7s there, but they are the only ones armed for CAP.
When I am I the area, I frequently see J10s and JL9s taking off and landing (they fly to somewhere else to do most of their actual training), but never J7s.
Just seems odd to me to have a tiny token J7 unit present who don’t seem to train and just sit there on quick alert CAP standby duty. Maybe the J7s are homebased elsewhere, and they just maintain their presence there for CAP cover to ensure the J10s are available for training?
