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

by78

by78

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J-7 assembly line from days of long past.

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stannislas

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siegecrossbow said:
It may be more recent than you think. China only started mass producing the J-7a in the late 80s.
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Shouldn't be j-7a, China exported plenty of J-7A/B/M to Iran, Egypt, North Korea, Pakistan, etc. by the early-mid 80s.

In the late 80s, it's more like J-7M/E
 
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Totoro

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Scramble.nl says j7a was produced from 1976, and some 240 were made. J7b started production soon thereafter, in 1978. 450 were made. Then the next variant was made from 1984 onward.
 
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Totoro

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Those years refer to first flight dates actually. Not start of serial production. I guess serial production took a few years to get up to speed, after each first flight. So, one could say that mass production of J7 started at the end of 1970s.
 
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