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Chengdu J-7

Trainer · Air · Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group · China

Wikidata: Chinese license built version of Soviet Mikoyan-Gurevich MIG-21 fighter-interceptor

Operators among the 24
2
Active, across the 24
230
On order, across the 24
0
In service since
–

Catalogue entry

Designation
J-7
First flight or launch
1966
In service
–
Retired
–
Generation
–
Unit cost (US dollars)
not published in Wikidata
Manufacturers
Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group, Guizhou Aircraft Industry Corporation
Also seen as
Fighter and multirole
Wikidata classes
aircraft family
Identifiers
Q39636 · factbase.org/sys/7BZ68JM928 · Wikipedia

Dates, makers and classes from Wikidata (CC0); specifications stop at what Wikipedia and the manufacturer publish.

Operators

Each of the 24 nations that holds the platform, with its active count (variants summed). A nation that holds it with no published count shows no bar.

NationActiveReserveOn orderVariants
China200
North Korea30Chengdu J-7 F-7I

Transfers

Deliveries recorded by the SIPRI Arms Transfers Database, by year, to every recipient. Derived figures only; source: SIPRI Arms Transfers Database.

1970: 121980: 301981: 121982: 801983: 901986: 171987: 121989: 301991: 71997: 62010: 4197019902010max 90
SIPRI-recorded deliveries of Chengdu J-7 by year

Recipients: Egypt (110), Iraq (90), North Korea (30), Sudan (18), Zimbabwe (14), Albania (12), Tanzania (12), Iran (5), Sri Lanka (5), Pakistan (4).

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