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  "id": "j-6",
  "name": "J-6 (Farmer)",
  "aliases": [],
  "domain": "air",
  "country": "CHN",
  "category": "Fighter aircraft",
  "status": null,
  "fielded": 1962,
  "operators": [
    "CHN",
    "MMR",
    "PRK",
    "SDN",
    "SOM",
    "ZMB"
  ],
  "prolif_count": 6,
  "summary": "The J-6 (Farmer) Chinese Fighter Aircraft is the Chinese-built version of the Soviet MiG-19 'Farmer' fighter aircraft, the world's first mass-produced supersonic aircraft.",
  "specs": [
    {
      "k": "crew",
      "v": 1,
      "src": [
        "weg-j-6"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "30-mm automatic cannons",
      "section": "armament",
      "v": "1 ea",
      "src": [
        "weg-j-6"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "250 kg bombs, or",
      "section": "armament",
      "v": "2 ea",
      "src": [
        "weg-j-6"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "400-l drop tanks, or",
      "section": "armament",
      "v": "2 ea",
      "src": [
        "weg-j-6"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "760-l drop tanks, or",
      "section": "armament",
      "v": "2 ea",
      "src": [
        "weg-j-6"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Caa-1b aam",
      "section": "armament",
      "v": "2 ea",
      "src": [
        "weg-j-6"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Inboard Stations: 8 x 57-mm rockets, or",
      "section": "armament",
      "v": "4 ea",
      "src": [
        "weg-j-6"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Inboard Stations: 16 x 57-mm rockets, or",
      "section": "armament",
      "v": "4 ea",
      "src": [
        "weg-j-6"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Inboard Stations: 7 x 90-mm rockets, or",
      "section": "armament",
      "v": "4 ea",
      "src": [
        "weg-j-6"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Inboard Stations: gun pods, or",
      "section": "armament",
      "v": "4 ea",
      "src": [
        "weg-j-6"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Inboard Stations: practice bomb",
      "section": "armament",
      "v": "4 ea",
      "src": [
        "weg-j-6"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "NOTES",
      "section": "armament",
      "v": "THE F-6 (JIAN-6 FIGHTER AIRCRAFT) IS THE CHINESE VERSION OF THE MIG-19, WHICH WAS STILL IN PRODUCTION IN CHINA IN THE MID-1990S.",
      "src": [
        "weg-j-6"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    }
  ],
  "payloads": [],
  "variants": [
    {
      "name": "Description",
      "text": "EQUIVALENT OF THE MIG-19S/SF DAYTIME FIGHTER WITH 3 X 30 MM GUNS, ONE AT EACH WING ROOT AND ONE ON THE FUSELAGE.",
      "src": [
        "weg-j-6"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Description",
      "text": "EQUIVALENT OF THE MIG-19PF ALL-WEATHER FIGHTER. ARMED WITH STANDARD J-6 GUNS AND ROCKETS.",
      "src": [
        "weg-j-6"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Description",
      "text": "EQUIVALENT OF THE MIG-19PM ALL-WEATHER FIGHTER. ARMED WITH THE AA-1 ALKALI RADAR HOMING MISSILES, NO GUNS.",
      "src": [
        "weg-j-6"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Description",
      "text": "SIMILAR TO THE J-6, BUT WITH BRAKE CHUTE HOUSED IN BULLET-FARING AT THE BASE OF TAILFIN. SAME GUNS AS THE J-6A. EXPORT VARIANT WITH MARTIN-BAKER EJECTION SEATS AND AIM-9 SIDEWINDER MISSILES.",
      "src": [
        "weg-j-6"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Description",
      "text": "SIMILAR TO J-6A, BUT WITH NOSE-MOUNTED INTERCEPTION RADAR. SAME GUNS AS THE J-6A.",
      "src": [
        "weg-j-6"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Description",
      "text": "TRAINER VERSION WITH TANDEM TWO-SEAT COCKPIT. EXPORT VERSIONS ARE FT-6. ARMED WITH ONLY THE FUSELAGE GUN.",
      "src": [
        "weg-j-6"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Description",
      "text": "A TACTICAL PHOTO-RECONNAISSANCE VERSION, ARMED WITH WING ROOT GUNS ONLY.",
      "src": [
        "weg-j-6"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Description",
      "text": "EXPORT VERSIONS.",
      "src": [
        "weg-j-6"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "art": "fighter",
  "image": null,
  "verified": null,
  "changelog": [
    {
      "date": "2026-10-10",
      "change": "Entry created from the Worldwide Equipment Guide (ODIN), bulk import"
    }
  ],
  "url": "https://www.defensepedia.com/systems/j-6.html",
  "sources": {
    "weg-j-6": {
      "title": "J-6 (Farmer) Chinese Fighter Aircraft",
      "publisher": "U.S. Army TRADOC G-2 Worldwide Equipment Guide (ODIN)",
      "url": "https://odin.t2com.army.mil/WEG/Asset/J-6_Farmer_Chinese_Fighter_Aircraft",
      "published": "2026-03-20",
      "tier": 1,
      "checked": "2026-10-10"
    }
  }
}