Now I’m drinking French wine, hope it works… 😉

It was said (or claimed) that the later versions was designed specifically
to compete with or handle Taiwan’s F-16s. Also claimed is that the one’s just
purchased by Bangeldash was sufficient enough to tackle Mirage replicas.

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Well, PLAAF always want to fully utilize their vast J7/J8 fleet, so they intend to let J8F pair with J7G, one with PL12 AMRAAM, and one with PL9C off boresight WVR AAM. In a grouped air battle with plenty of ground Radar or AWACS guidance, PLAAF ‘s J8Fs could launch PL12 at BVR then the J7G fleet could take chance to close in and dog fight with bandits using their PL9Cs. Of course, the above scenario just provides a low cost alternative to PLAAF’s more ambitious J10/Su27/J11 vs Mirage2000/F16 scheme

My 2 cents for a way how J7/J8 could Vs F16 :p

Guys, Huangpu shipyard has started building 054A FFG with “Hot” launched HQ16 VLS 😎

Harbin Y12 in Air Fiji

Well, once upon a time, there’s a “ poor” pilot from a “ dictatorship “ country who shot down 19 fighters of the biggest “free & rich “nation.

Russian VVS MiG-15 ace shot down 19 US planes over “MiG Alley”
WW2 veteran, CO of 196th IAP from April 1951 to January 1952