The Shenyang J-6/F-6 is the Chinese-built version of the Soviet Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19.
With thousands of aircraft produced, it has been exported to various countries all around the globe, among the following ones:
- Sudan: The Sudanese Air Force had ten (or nine, depending on the source) F-6 in force by 1981. Later, presumably in the early 1990s they were joined by an unknown number of FT-6 trainers and additional F-6 fighters. Nowadays, as December 2019, twenty F-6/FT-6 are still in active service with the Sudanese Air Force.
- Tanzania: In 1973 or 1974, the Air Wing of the Tanzania People's Defence Forces received twelve Shenyang F-6 interceptors and FT-6 trainers. All of them were based at Mikumi Air Base, located 130 km (80 milles) north of Dar Es Salaam, the capital.
In 1978, when Uganda waged war on Tanzania, Tanzanian F-6, together with the older F-5, were tasked with engaging any possible Ugandan aircraft, which consisted on the MiG-15 and the MiG-17, while the Chengdu F-7A (the Chinese-built MiG-21) of the Tanzanian Air Force were tasked to deal with the more advanced aircraft of Uganda's allies, namely the Libyan Tupolev Tu-22 bomber.
Nowadays, three F-6 and a single FT-6 are known to be still in active service. - Zambia: It's known that by 1991 the Zambian Air Force had 12 F-6C in active. Nowadays, eight F-6C and two FT-6 are still in service. As we couldn't find graphical evidence of this, the drawing should be considered as speculative.
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shenyang_J-6
2. Midland Publishing - Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19 - The Soviet Union's First Production Supersonic Fighter
3. https://www.valka.cz/topic/view/187130
4. https://www.valka.cz/topic/view/187149
5. Salamander Books - The Complete Book of Fighters
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