Shenyang JJ-2/FT-2

The Shenyang JJ-2 (called Shenyang FT-2 when exported) was a Chinese copy of the Soviet Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15UTI.
It was one of the first locally-built jet aircrafts and all of them were built at the State-owned Factory No.112 in the city of Shenyang, located at the coastal province of Liaoning, in Manchuria. Production started in 1953 and continued well until the very late 1950s as an unknown amount of them were manufactured. Just like its original, it was powered by the Chinese copy of the Klimov RD-45F which delivered a thrust of 5005lb (22.26Kn) and was down-armed with just one 12.7mm (0.5in) UBK-E machine gun.
It served with the next air forces:

• Albania: During the late 1960s, when the Soviet-Albanian relations collapsed, Albania turned to China for military supplies and they were sold many Shenyang JJ-2 which served as the main Albanian trainer from the mid-1960s well until the 1990s when the communism fell. 
• China: As we said previously, the JJ-2 was the backbone of the People's Liberation Army Air Force's training squadrons and flying schools. It served at least until 1966 when the Chengdu JJ-5 (a trainer version of the MiG-17) started to roll out from the factories.
• Pakistan: The Pakistani Air Force bought some FT-2s in 1967 to equip their training and school squadrons. They served until the 1970s when they were gradually replaced by the FT-5 and, in many cases, served alongside them (the trainer version of the MiG-17 designated like that for export).
• Sudan: After their independence and the creation of their air force, the Sudanese government switched mainly to USSR and China for new aircrafts. Therefore the Shenyang FT-2 became their main trainer aircraft from 1968 until it was replaced by the Shenyang FT-5 in the late 1970s which is still in active use nowadays.
• Tanzania: During the late 1960s the Shenyang FT-2 was the first trainer aircraft that served in the Tanzanian Air Force, together with the more advanced FT-5, which is still in active service, although it's storaged.

Sources:

1. https://forum.valka.cz/topic/view/22676

2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albanian_Air_Force

3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Liberation_Army_Air_Force

4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan_Air_Force

5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudanese_Air_Force

6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanzania_Air_Force_Command

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15UTI, part eight, Asian users part two

As we've said previously, the MiG-15UTI saw use in many countries. Among them many asiatic ones. The countries covered with this post are:

• North Korea: The North Korean Air Force (officially named "Korean People's Army Air and Anti-Air Force) recieved some MiG-15UTIs shortly after the Korean cease-fire in 1953. Due to the isolationist profile of the country, the type has been in active service serving as their main trainer aircraft since then. Nowadays most of KPAAAF's UTIs are based at Pukch'ang airport, located at the Northwest of the country, close to the city of Kaechon. The ones there are part of the 60th Air Fighter Wing, which is part of the 1st Air Combat Division.
  There are some others serving at Orang, located at the Northeastern part of the country, close to the Russian border which are part of the 41st Air Regiment, which is part of the 8th Training Division. Interestingly enough, they served alongside old MiG-15bis which, supposedly are used as advanced trainers. Some of them are known to be based at Riwon North Airfield too. 
• Sri Lanka: During the insurgency that took the communists into power in 1971, the Bandaranaike government turned to Soviet assistance for help. They received a small number of MiG-17Fs and a single MiG-15UTI trainer. They remained in active service until the early 1980s when they were placed into long-term storage.
• North Vietnam: The MiG-15UTI was supplied by the USSR to the Vietnam's People Air Force in the mid 1960s. They served as their main trainer and also served as the trainer for most of North Vietnamese air regiments like 921st 'Sao Dao' Fighter Regiment, the 923rd Fighter Regiment, the 925th Fighter Regiment and the 910th 'Julius Fucik' Training Regiment. The ones assigned to the 921st FR, were kept busy by flying training sorties in parallel with MiG-17 and MiG-21 combat operations in 1966.
  As the ones assigned to the 923rd had no shelters to keep them from being bombarded, in 1967 they had to be painted and storaged under trees to camouflage them. It's known also that the People's Republic of China supplied four Shenyang FT-2 (the export version of the Shenyang JJ-2 trainer, which was itself a copy of the MiG-15UTI,  built in China) in February 1969 and assigned to the 925th FR which was equipped mainly with the MiG-19. Those received most of the technical attention as they were hard to maintain airworthy so the FT-2 was heavily tasked by pilots needing to build up their flying hours.

Sources:

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_People%27s_Army_Air_and_Anti-Air_Force

2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Sri_Lanka_Air_Force

3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_People%27s_Air_Force

4. Osprey Publishing- Aircraft of the Aces 130 - MiG-17-19 Aces of the Vietnam War