page_title: List of Chengdu J-7 variants
section_title: FT-7 trainer series
hierarchical_section_title: List of Chengdu J-7 variants / FT-7 trainer series
caption_attribution_description: English: A F-7 fighter of The Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force.
context_page_description: This is a list of variants and specifications for variants of the Chengdu J-7, which differed considerably between models in its 48 years of production run.
context_section_description: FT-7 trainer variants for export is characterized by the fact that nearly every trainer version is equipped with the same avionics and weaponry of its equivalent fighter version to minimizing transition process, and to maintain combat capability of the trainers.
  FT-7: export version of JJ-7 with Chinese replaced by English for all displays. Iran was first customer with order placed at the end of 1986. 8 more were to Jordan, and another 4 were delivered to Pakistan
  FT-7P: Improved FT-7 for Pakistan with fuselage increased 0.61 meter, and internal fuel capacity increased by 350 liter. General designer was Wu Bing-Lin (吴炳麟) and development begun in Mar 1989, with 15 delivered to PAF by 1991.
  FT-7B: F-7B export version for Egypt and Jordan.
  FT-7BB: Trainer version of F-7MB for Bangladesh with 8 delivered.
  FT-7BI: Trainer version of F-7B for Iraq. Due to the urgent need for the Iran–Iraq War, pylons of these trainers are rewired to carry French air-to-surface weaponry for ground attack missions. A total of 20 delivered in 1982.
  FT-7BS: Trainer version of F-7BS for Sri Lanka with 2 delivered.
  FT-7K: Trainer version of F-7IIK for Myanmar with at least half a dozen delivered.
  FT-7Z: Trainer version of F-7IIN for Zimbabwe with 2 delivered in 1986. It's not clear if these jets were military aid or sales.
  FT-7BZ: 2 FT-7Z converted in Zimbabwe in 1991 with reworked rear fuselage to withstand the higher temperature of the engine.
  FT-7N: Trainer version of F-7N for Iran with 4 underwing pylons and a total of 4 delivered.
  FT-7PG: Trainer version of F-7PG for Pakistan with 9 delivered.
  FT-7BG: Trainer version of F-7BG for Bangladesh with 4 delivered.
  FT-7NG: Trainer version of F-7NG for Namibia with 2 delivered.
  FT-7NI: Trainer version of F-7NI for Nigeria with 3 delivered.
  FT-7TN: Trainer version of F-7TN for Tanzania with 2 delivered.
  MiG-21 LancerR-B: Trainer version of MiG-21 LanceR-A and MiG-21 LanceR-C developed by Israeli firm Elbit to upgrade Romanian MiG-21s. China is not direct contractor but instead, a subcontractor to Elbit. Maiden flight of MiG-21 LanceR-B was made on May 6, 1996.
caption: Iranian Air Force FT-7
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