MiG-21

South Asia


Bangladesh

The [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien], one of the largest F-7 operators, currently operates F-7MB Airguards, F-7MG and BVR capable F-7BG/Gs interceptors.

The F-7MBs will be replaced by 100 or so BVR capable F-7BG fighters by 2010.

BAF has also upgraded all of its F-7MBs and F-7BGs to fire Chinese built LS-6 and LT-2 ground attack munitions, giving them a potent strike capability.

Pakistan

Pakistan is currently the largest non-Chinese F-7 operator, with ~120 F-7P and ~60 F-7PG.

The [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] is to replace its entire fleet of F-7 with the [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] light-weight fighter, all F-7P are planned to be retired and replaced with [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] by 2015.

FT-7

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Sri Lanka

[Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] currently uses three F-7BS and for ground attack missions against the [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] and three FT-7 trainer.

Due to the lack of endurance and payload, SLAF some times uses their F-7s for pilot training purposes.

Early 2008 the air force received six more advanced F-7Gs, these will be primarily used as interceptors.

All The F-7G's, F-7BS's and FT-7s are flown by the [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien].

Sri Lankan officials reported that on 9 September 2008, three [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] F-7s were scrambled after two rebel flown [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] were detected by ground radar, two were sent to bomb two rebel airstrips at Mullaitivu and Kilinochchi areas, the government claims the third intercepting one ZLin-143 resulting in one [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] Zlín-143 shot down by the chasing F-7G using air to air missiles while the rebel flown light aircraft was returning to its base at Mullaitivu
after a bombing run against Vavuniya base.

^{[Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien][Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien]} There is no public evidence for shooting down LTTE flight.

Variants


Approximately 48 variants of the J-7 exist and are listed here.

Domestic Chinese variants

J-7 (a.k.a. Type 62)

The first reverse-engineered copies of the MiG-21-F-13 "Fishbed-C" by Shenyang Aircraft Factory in 1962, powered by WP-7 (a R-11F-300 copy).

Only 12 were produced.