MAIN FEATURES
Forward retracting, steerable,
single wheel nose gear unit
Inward retracting, single wheel main gear unit
Ventral fin shown
rotated to starboard
Airbrakes (extended)
Brake chute in
bullet fairing
J-8F (armed and dirty)
IFF antennas
JL-10 (Type 1473) pulse-Doppler radar
1,400 lt (308 Imp
gal, 370 US gal)
centreline tank
1 x Type 23-III
(GSh-23L) 23 mm
(.90 in) double-
barrelled cannon,
200 rounds
IFF antennas
PL-12 SARH missile on
inboard wing pylon
Prominent comms blade antennas
PL-8 IR AAM on outboard wing pylon
J-8F (armed)
2 x Liyang Wopen WP-13B
afterburning turbojets
Pitot
Large ventral fin folding to
starboard when gear down
'Glass' cockpit
All-moving
tailplane
60º sweep,
anti-flutter
bodies
'Pen nib' fairing
between exhausts
Cooling scoops
Twin
flaps
Three-piece windshield
1 x Type 23-III (GSh-23L)
23 mm (.90 in) double-
barrelled cannon, 200
rounds
Prominent radome
with 'zipper' strips
Rear hinged bubble canopy
Large, swept tailfin
Type 2 ejector seat
Wing fences
Ventral
cooling
scoops
Brake
chute
housing
Mid-mounted, thin delta wings with 60º
leading edge sweep, slight anhedral
Aileron inset from wingtip
Rectangular air
intakes with large
splitter plate
IFR probe on
starbord side
Fuselage
'waisting'
Intake at base of fin
Prominent comms blade antennas
Thin spine
Airbrake
J-8F (clean)
J-8: 2
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