(Asien) PLAAF - Chinas Luftwaffe

[Erich]

bei all den neuen Flugzeugen wie der J-10, J-11 oder J-20, die China der Luftwaffe zuführt oder neu entwickelt, darf man nicht übersehen, mit was die Chinesen bisher geflogen sind
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Sunday, December 18, 2011
China is retiring J-7 jet from front line service

In 2009, China finally stopped the production of J-7G, the last variant of Mig-21 jet.

China has officially withdrawn its MiG-21 clone (the J-7) from first line service. This comes as no surprise. In the last four years China has more than doubled the number of modern combat aircraft (J-10, J-11, Su-27, Su-30, and J-8F) from 500 to over 1,200. Four years ago China relied mainly on some 2,000 locally built copies of Russian MiG-19s (J-6) and MiG-21 (J-7).
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