The Chengdu J-7, a mainstay of the North Korean Air Force, is a Chinese license-built clone of the iconic Soviet-era MiG-21. ...

For decades, China’s advanced fighter jets, including the J-20 stealth fighter, were held back by a critical dependency on ...

While China discontinued the J-7 series in 2013, it had begun exporting the upgraded F-7 BGI version to countries like ...

A Chinese-made F-7 BGI fighter jet of the Bangladesh Air Force crashed into a school and college campus in Dhaka’s Uttara ...

A Bangladesh Air Force fighter jet crashed into a school in Dhaka, killing at least 27 people and injuring over 170. The ...

A deadly F-7 fighter jet crash in Dhaka has killed 27, including 25 schoolchildren, putting the spotlight on China’s ageing F ...

At least 31 people were killed, most of them children. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Iran has been reported to seek fighter jets from China after Israeli attacks quickly wiped out its air defenses ...

The tragedy underlines the pitfalls of relying on cheap but antiquated Chinese weaponry systems plagued by quality control ...

This is the second crash involving Chinese-made equipment after the Myanmar Air Force jet crash earlier this year, raising ...

Pakistan’s JF-17 Thunder jet, which it claimed was used against India, won top honours at the UK’s Royal International Air ...

The F-7 BGI, part of Bangladesh's ageing air fleet, is a modernised version of the Chinese Chengdu F-7. It is derived from the Soviet-era MiG-21.