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The Chengdu J-7 (Chinese: 歼-7; third generation export version F-7; NATO reporting name: Fishcan [1]) is a Chinese fighter aircraft.It is a license-built version of the Soviet Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21, and thus shares many similarities with that aircraft. [2]
4 × 0.50 in (12.7 mm) M2 Browning machine gun (400 rpg, in nose) (normal fighter versions only; replaced by radar unit in the -3N nightfighter) Bombs: 2 × 1,000 lb (454 kg) bombs, or; 8 x 127mm unguided rockets under wings and; 1 x 150 gallon fuel or napalm tank under fuselage, or; 1 × torpedo under fuselage (day fighter only) Avionics. AN ...
The 55 km range Grifo-7 radar weighs 50 kg and its introduction on F-7MP making it the first export version of F-7 series to be an all-weather fighter. This model is also the first to be upgraded with a Chinese helmet mounted sight (HMS), which greatly enhanced its lethality in dogfights. [46]
The Vought F7U Cutlass is a United States Navy carrier-based jet fighter and fighter-bomber designed and produced by the aircraft manufacturer Chance Vought.It was the first tailless production fighter in the United States as well as the Navy's first jet equipped with swept wings and the first to be designed with afterburners.
F-7 Liberator, a U.S. reconnaissance version of the B-24 bomber; F-7 Sea Dart, American experimental hydro-ski seaplane fighter; F-7 Skybolt/Airguard, the export version of the Chinese Chengdu J-7 fighter; Fokker F.VII, a 1924 Dutch airliner; F7U Cutlass, a fighter plane used by the US Navy; Grumman F7F Tigercat, a heavy fighter used by the US ...
F-7: CAC China Jet Interceptor: 2002 53 60 [19] F-7PGs. All being replaced by JF-17Cs. [20] Trainer Aircraft; K-8: Hongdu, PAC China, Pakistan Jet Intermediate Jet Trainer: 1994 58 60 K-8 (12) K-8P (48) Produced under license by PAC, designated as Karakorum-8. [21] T-37 Tweet: Cessna: United States Jet Basic Jet Trainer: 1962 69 73
In 2005, under the administration of President Olusegun Obasanjo, the Nigerian Parliament appropriated US$251 million to purchase 15 Chengdu F-7 fighter aircraft from China. The deal included 12 F-7NI (NI-Nigeria) single-seat fighter variant, and 3 FT-7NI dual-seat trainer aircraft. The $251 million package included $220 million for 15 aircraft ...
Aircraft Origin Type Variant In service Notes Combat Aircraft (44) ; MiG-29: Russia: Multirole: BM/UB 8 [1]: upgraded to BM variant from Belarus [2]: Chengdu F-7: China: Multirole