F-7 of Pakistan Air Force

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I always wonder what if F7PG upgrades, including structural upgrades, are applied to the MiG-21 Bis coupled with RD33 engine. That would have made it a formidable fighter plane for PAF. More like MiG-21-97 with F7PG updates. again i just wonder ... Chinese do have an F-7 version very close to Mig-21Bis called J/F-7D

 

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Three Pakistan Air Force Chengdu F-7P fighters fly in loose formation over arid terrain under a clear blue sky.

Foreground: serial 88-509 (tail) / 509 (nose)
Middle: serial 88-514 (tail) / 514 (nose)
Rear: serial 88-515 (tail) / 515 (nose)

All three wear overall light-grey camouflage, carry underwing missiles (including PL-9-type air-to-air missiles with red-tipped seekers on the lead aircraft), and display the standard Pakistan Air Force roundel on the rear fuselage and vertical fin.

Photographed in 1989.
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Alamzeb Khan Swati

There is a Matra R-550 Magic ( blue-grey coloured) on the second aircraft, rest are definitely AIM-9P ( series). The lead aircraft has a red-coloured training AIM-9 round. No

 

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A Chinese-built Chengdu F-7P "Skybolt" fighter-interceptor of the Pakistan Air Force taking off from Masroor Air Base in the early 1990's.

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