Shenyang J-5

The Shenyang J-5 (Chinese: 歼-5) originally designated Dongfeng-101 - (East Wind-101), and also Type 56 before being designated J-5 in 1964, is a Chinese-built single-seat jet interceptor and fighter aircraft derived from the Soviet Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17. The J-5 was exported as the F-5. The aircraft's NATO reporting name is "Fresco".

The MiG-17 was license-built in China, Poland and East Germany into the 1960s. The People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) obtained a number of Soviet-built MiG-17 Fresco-A day fighters, designated J-5 in the early 1950s. To introduce modern production methods to Chinese industry the PLAAF obtained plans for the MiG-17F Fresco-C day fighter in 1955, along with two completed pattern aircraft, 15 knockdown kits, and parts for ten aircraft. The first Chinese-built MiG-17F, (serialed Zhong 0101), produced by the Shenyang factory, performed its initial flight on July 19th 1956 with test pilot Wu Keming at the controls.

Plans were obtained in 1961 for the MiG-17PF interceptor and production began, as the J-5A (F-5A), shortly afterwards. At this time the Sino-Soviet split occurred, causing much disruption to industrial and technical projects, so the first J-5A did not fly until 1964, when the type was already obsolete. A total of 767 J-5s and J-5As had been built when production ended in 1969.

The Chinese also built a two-seat trainer version of the MiG-17, designated the Chengdu JJ-5 (Jianjiji Jiaolianji - Fighter Trainer - FT-5), from 1968, by combining the two-seat cockpit of the MiG-15UTI, the VK-1A engine of the J-5, and the fuselage of the J-5A. All internal armament was deleted and a single Nudelman-Richter NR-23 23 mm cannon was carried in a ventral pack. Production of the JJ-5 reached 1,061 when production ceased in 1986, with the type exported to a number of countries.

Users

 * Albania
 * Albanian Air Force
 * Bangladesh
 * Bangladesh Air Force
 * Cambodia
 * Khmer Air Force
 * People's Republic of China
 * People's Liberation Army Air Force
 * People's Liberation Army Naval Air Force
 * Democratic People's Republic of Korea
 * Korean People's Air Force
 * Pakistan
 * Pakistan Air Force
 * Sri Lanka
 * Sri Lankan Air Force
 * Somalia
 * Somali Air Corps
 * Sudan
 * Sudanese Air Force
 * Tanzania
 * Tanzanian Air Force
 * United States
 * United States Air Force
 * Vietnam
 * Vietnam People's Air Force
 * Zimbabwe
 * Zimbabwe Air Force