China flies updated F-8II Finback at last

CHINA HAS ANNOUNCED the successful first flight of the improved Shenyang Aircraft (SAC) F-8 IIM Finback fighter, fitted with the Russian Phazotron Zhuk-8 II radar. The F-8IIM had originally been scheduled to fly at the end of 1995.

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