The E and G variants are still going strong with the China Airforce and the China Naval Aviation as "second line" defenders.
J-7 withdrawn from "front line" service.
This should comes as no surprise as the numbers of J-10 and Su-27/J-11 currently in service are sufficient to cover the slack. That said, it will be years before the current fleet of J-7s can be decommissioned. The J-7 is a short legged point-defense fighter, it should be used as such; deploy them in offensive roles against other 3rd and 4th generations fighters around China seems a bit risky.
中国空军歼7系列战斗机正退出一线作战部署
2011年12月09日 11:06
来源：中国航空报
杨维勤摄
临近年底，位于安徽某地的空军某部加大了训练力度，图为该部队装备的歼7E战斗机双机编队起飞训练。
歼7系列战斗机，曾经是我国空军的主力战斗机型，随着部队装备更新换代的加速，歼7系列战斗机正逐渐退出一线作战部署，其主要作战任务也开始转变。杨维勤摄
http://news.ifeng.com/mil/2/detail_2011_12/09/11216346_0.shtml
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This represents an end of an era for the PLAAF.While there were improvements from the J-7A/C era, at the end of the day the J-7D was just a MiG-21 a Chinese MiG-21. The J-7E was a major improvement to the old J-7 series.
I was at Shantou during early Dec 2011 and was lucky to catch flights of J-7 (I noticed 2 types of the J-7s - 'P' & perhaps the 'MG') flying across the city into the landing pattern of Shantou Airport).
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