| Category. | Statistic. |
|---|---|
| First flight on. | 5th of July, 1969. |
| Retired on. | No, it is still in use. |
| Major contractor(s). | Shenyang Aircraft Corporation. |
| Dose it use nukes or cruse missiles. | No. |
| Fight ceiling. | 3,280 ft+. |
| Top speed. | Mach 2.4+ estimate, but banned from more than Mach 2.2 for limited bursts. |
| VTOL. | No. |
| Range. | Combat radius: with 5 min Combat : 540 nm (1,000 km) (incl 5 min combat (Air to ground) : 486 nm (900 km)) |
| Crew. | 1. |
| Nationality(s). | PRC. |
| Class. | High speed and altitude multi-role fighter and interceptor. |
| Rate of climb. | 13,440 m/min( M 0.9, alt : 1,000 m (3,280 ft) (44,094 ft/min (M 0.9, alt : 1,000 m (3,280 ft)). |
| Links. | http://www.aeroflight.co.uk/aircraft/types/shenyang-j-8-finback.htm, http://wikinfo.org/w/index.php/Shenyang_J-8, http://aircraft.wikia.com/wiki/Shenyang_J-8, https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Shenyang_J-8 and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shenyang_J-8. |
Shenyang J-8D in flight on the 24th of January, 2001. This plane reportedly collided with a US Navy EP-3 Aries II in 2001. The P-3 managed to make a safe landing while the pilot of the Chinese aircraft lost his life.
A Chinese Jianjiji-8 or Jian-8 (Fighter aircraft 8), or J-8 II (North Atlantic Treaty Organization reported name: Finback), being towed, armed with air-to-air missiles, rocket-pods and six iron bombs on a centerline tri-rack on 1st, January, 2001.
The J-8II series appear quite different from the original J-8, with a new forward fuselage, intake ramps with splitter plates and nose structure more reminiscent of the F-4 Phantom II or Sukhoi Su-15 to house a new, more powerful radar. J-8IIs are powered by Wopen-13A (WP-13A) engines.
It was hoped to equip the production J-8B with an American AN/APG-66(V) radar (to be dubbed the J-8C), but this proved politically impossible after the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 so the indigenous Type 208A monopulse radar fire-control radar initially was used. Although the Type 208A was an improvement over the original J-8I radar, the Type 208A did not have true beyond visual range capabilities (The detection range of the Type 208 was 40 km) nor look-down/shoot-up ground attack capabilities, thereby falling short of the PLAAFs initial requirements and the redesign of the airframe. The J-8B was the early production batch of the new J-8II series. In addition to receiving a new radar, new engine and a completely redesigned noses, cockpit and intake, the J-8B also benefited from a new head-up display, integrated inertial navigation system/Global positioning satellite system and TACAN technology.