A-5 FANTAN
This ground-attack aircraft was developed from the J-6 (Mikoyan MiG-19) in the early 1960s, and first flown in 1965. The aircraft has a redesigned front fuselage and shoulder intakes, with both length and wingspan extended. The aircraft is known as the Q-5 in Chinese service, the latest model being the Q-5-III. The A-5C is the latest export aircraft. NAMC also unveiled a further upgrade, the A-5M, in the late 1980s, being developed with Alenia. The upgrade focused on a new nav/attack suite, including a radar-ranging system, inertial navigation, HUD, air-data computer, and central computer derived from systems developed for the AMX.
Source: Flight International