May 23 1971
From The Space Library
Chinese-built version of Soviet mic=19 fighter produced at Mukden, Manchuria, at rate of 200 per year had been "backbone" of Communist Chinese Air Force for number of years, New York Times said. So many had been produced from blueprints supplied by U.S.S.R. before Sino-Soviet split in early 1960s that Communist China had sold some to neighboring Pakistan. Western sources quoted by Times had recently reported that 2800 combat aircraft of Communist Chinese Air Force were being supplemented by new jet fighter of Chinese design being produced in China at rate of 10 per month. Aircraft, called F-9 in West, flew at twice speed of sound, had combat range of 480 to 800 km (300 to 500 mi) and could operate above 15 000 m (50 000 ft). (NYT, 5/23/71)
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