Cold War, approximately 1947 (due to U.S. President Harry Truman’s Truman Doctrine) to 1991 (Operation Desert Storm, collapse of Soviet Union):
JH-7 (aka FBC-1 Flying Leopard, NATO reporting name Flounder) first flew in 1988, but entered service after the Cold War, in 1992.
People’s Liberation Army- Eastern Theater Command photo by Ge Shuwei, 25NOV2021.
The current JH-7A has a lighter and stronger airframe than the JH-7, allowing it to carry heavier weapon loads.
PLA-Eastern Theater Command photo by Ge Shuwei, 25NOV2021.
The Chinese strike aircraft uses engines that are license built version of NATO United Kingdom Rolls-Royce turbofans.
PLA-Northern Theater Command photo by Liu Xuhong, 07SEP2021.
PLA-Northern Theater Command photo by Liu Xuhong, 07SEP2021.
PLA-Northern Theater Command photo by Liu Xuhong, 07SEP2021.
PLA-Northern Theater Command photo.
PLA-Northern Theater Command photo.
PLA-Northern Theater Command photo.
PLA-Northern Theater Command photo.
PLA-Southern Theater Command photo by Zhuo Lingpeng, 17AUG2021.
PLA-Northern Theater Command photo, August 2021.
PLA-Southern Theater Command photo by Nie Haifei, 29JUL2021.
PLA-Northern Theater Command photo by Wang Limin, October 2020.
PLA-Northern Theater Command photo by Wang Limin, October 2020.
PLA-Southern Theater Command photo by Ou Kaixu, 21JUL2020.
PLA-Northern Theater Command photo by Yang Pan, 25APR2019.
PLA-Northern Theater Command photo by Yang Pan, 25APR2019.
PLA-Northern Theater Command photo by Yang Pan, 25APR2019.
PLA-Northern Theater Command photo by Yang Pan, 25APR2019.
PLA-Southern Theater Command photo by Liu Huanhuan, 01NOV2018.
PLA-Northern Theater Command photo, 12JUN2018.
PLA-Western Theater Command photo by Wang Xiaofei, March 2018.
Vehicle I-D: CHINA’S H-6K