people's liberation army air force

According to an article in Aviation International News, Tuesday Issue Farnborough 2006, the Russian SIBNIA institute (who were intimately involved in developing the T-10M definitive version of the Su-27, the Su-33 and Su-34) have been assisting both Shenyang and Chengdu. Their involvement with...

Based on the experiences gained observing the Vietnam War and especially the Middle Eastern War in 1967 the PLAAF formulated a requirement in 1969 for a lightweight fighter with superior flight performance which was foreseen as the successor of the J-6 as a fighter and maybe Q-5 in the...