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by Holger Muller.
Softcover (8.3×11.8 inches). 78 pages. 2025.
Subtitle: Technology at War 10
Subtitle: The F-7/FT-7 Family Volume 2: World-Wide Service
Volume 1 covers design and development, but Volume 2 covers deployment with various air forces around the world.
Country by country, F-7 and variant purchases and deployments receive scrutiny. Modifications to the plane itself as well as later additions of equipment are covered in detail.
A limited amount of use is also included. As few wars broke out — the Arab-Israeli Wars being the most notable for the F-7, most countries used the aircraft for training. Sometimes, rebel forces would grab and fly a F-7 during a civil war. Note that this book is not a combat record of the F-7, only deployments.
The book contains 120 color photos — modelers will enjoy selecting a color scheme from among them, four black and white photos, three color unit insignia illustrations, 21 color camouflage illustrations of the aircraft, two partial color camouflage illustrations, and one color advert for the F-7 from Chengdu Aircraft Corp.
For a while, the MiG-21 was a front-line Soviet fighter. The F-7 was the Chinese derivative that provided similar performance.
Enjoyed it.
— Reviewed by Russ Lockwood
