Guizhou Completes First FTC-2000G Export Fighter

Credit: FTC-2000: Avic
SYDNEY—Avic unit Guizhou Aviation has completed the first FTC-2000G, an armed export version of the JL-9 trainer. No customer for the two-seat aircraft, described as a fighter, is disclosed. The JL-9, called FTC-2000 for the export market, is distantly derived from the Soviet MiG-21. The first...
Bradley Perrett

Bradley Perrett covered China, Japan, South Korea and Australia. He is a Mandarin-speaking Australian.

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