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XAC FBC-1 Flying Leopard

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Twin turbofan fighter bomber. Includes domestic variants JH-7 and JH-7A2.

Lift type

Fixed wing

Assembly

Factory-built

Control

Piloted

Engine type

Turbofan

Application

Attack

Design & construction

The aircraft as engineered: what it is built from, the systems it flies with, and its configuration — each box a theme.

Airframe & structure

Primary structure

Aluminium

Wing

Aluminium

Landing gear

Retractable tricycle

Ice protection

Bleed air

Pressurisation

Pressurised

Systems & avionics

Flight controls

Mechanical

Autopilot

3-axis

Avionics architecture

Integrated glass suite

Environmental control

Engine-bleed air-cycle

Configuration & certification

Wing position

Mid

Planform

Swept

continued

Tail

Conventional

Certification

Military

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Type variants

Variant	Launch / first flight	Production end	Notes
XAC FBC-1 Flying Leopard	1988 / 1990	2017	Export version of JH-7.
XAC JH-7AII	2021 /		Upgraded variant with improved radar and cockpit avionics.

Airframer

AVIC XAC Commercial Aircraft Co., Ltd. (AVIC XCAC) (was Xi'an Aircraft Industry)

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