[updated:LAST EDITED ON 17-09-02 AT 07:20 AM (GMT)]Possible news item. This particular link was posted at the Pakistani forum by Cutymelon who had previously posted some of the first picts of the J10 in full weapons load.
A similar story was mentioned in CMF.
http://news.china.com/zh_cn/domestic/945/20020917/11329786.html
Hey PLAWolf, can you have a look at this?
The following is alta-vista’s babelfish translation of the article. Take it for whatever you think this is worth.
The Chinese new fighter plane ultra seven fighter aircrafts yesterday in Chengdu officially went into production
2002-09-17 08:29:25 Sichuan on-line – day government office morning paper
According to the Chengdu television station reported yesterday, another kind of Chinese new fighter plane ultra seven /FC-1 airplane developed in Chengdu successfully, this symbolized our country aviation industry production manufacture ability, the project technology troop’s management level and the technology all got up one stair.
The ultra seven airplanes yesterday officially put the production. The ultra seven /FC-1 airplane is according to the international market need, designs new generation of foreign trade continue machine by the China National Aviation Corp one group Chengdu airplane design which, the Chengdu airplane industrial corporation produces, can satisfy contemporary each kind of operational environment the need.
This machine for all-weather, multipurpose light fighter aircraft, is loaded with the advanced aviation electron system, has launches the medium range missile, realizes the ultra apparent distance attack and the precise opposite attack capability, can carry out air-to-air, empties to the place twofold task.
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September 17, 2002 at 7:11 am