{
  "id": "jz-6",
  "name": "JZ-6",
  "aliases": [],
  "domain": "air",
  "country": "CHN",
  "category": "Reconnaissance fighter aircraft",
  "status": null,
  "fielded": 1972,
  "operators": [
    "CHN"
  ],
  "prolif_count": 1,
  "summary": "Shenyang JZ-6 – (Jianjiji Zhenchaji – reconnaissance fighter) Dedicated reconnaissance version with fuselage camera pack replacing cannon. As of April 2006, it was reported that the PLAAF 3rd Recon Regiment, 26 Air Division based in Nanjing MR, is the last regiment to actively fly the JZ-6 refusing to convert to JZ-8F.",
  "specs": [
    {
      "k": "crew",
      "v": 1,
      "src": [
        "weg-jz-6"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "30-mm automatic cannons",
      "section": "armament",
      "v": "3",
      "src": [
        "weg-jz-6"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "250 kg bombs, or",
      "section": "armament",
      "v": "2",
      "src": [
        "weg-jz-6"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "400-l drop tanks, or",
      "section": "armament",
      "v": "2",
      "src": [
        "weg-jz-6"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "760-l drop tanks, or",
      "section": "armament",
      "v": "2",
      "src": [
        "weg-jz-6"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Caa-1b aam",
      "section": "armament",
      "v": "2",
      "src": [
        "weg-jz-6"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Inboard Stations: 8 x 57-mm rockets, or",
      "section": "armament",
      "v": "4",
      "src": [
        "weg-jz-6"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Inboard Stations: 16 x 57-mm rockets, or",
      "section": "armament",
      "v": "4",
      "src": [
        "weg-jz-6"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Inboard Stations: 7 x 90-mm rockets, or",
      "section": "armament",
      "v": "4",
      "src": [
        "weg-jz-6"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Inboard Stations: gun pods, or",
      "section": "armament",
      "v": "4",
      "src": [
        "weg-jz-6"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Inboard Stations: practice bomb",
      "section": "armament",
      "v": "4",
      "src": [
        "weg-jz-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-jz-6"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Description",
      "text": "EQUIVALENT OF THE MIG-19PF ALL-WEATHER FIGHTER. ARMED WITH STANDARD J-6 GUNS AND ROCKETS.",
      "src": [
        "weg-jz-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-jz-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-jz-6"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Description",
      "text": "SIMILAR TO J-6A, BUT WITH NOSE-MOUNTED INTERCEPTION RADAR. SAME GUNS AS THE J-6A.",
      "src": [
        "weg-jz-6"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Description",
      "text": "TRAINER VERSION WITH TANDEM TWO-SEAT COCKPIT. EXPORT VERSIONS ARE FT-6. ARMED WITH ONLY THE FUSELAGE GUN.",
      "src": [
        "weg-jz-6"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Description",
      "text": "A TACTICAL PHOTO-RECONNAISSANCE VERSION, ARMED WITH WING ROOT GUNS ONLY.",
      "src": [
        "weg-jz-6"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Description",
      "text": "EXPORT VERSIONS.",
      "src": [
        "weg-jz-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/jz-6.html",
  "sources": {
    "weg-jz-6": {
      "title": "JZ-6 Chinese Reconnaissance Fighter Aircraft",
      "publisher": "U.S. Army TRADOC G-2 Worldwide Equipment Guide (ODIN)",
      "url": "https://odin.t2com.army.mil/WEG/Asset/JZ-6_Chinese_Reconnaissance_Fighter_Aircraft",
      "published": "2026-03-20",
      "tier": 1,
      "checked": "2026-10-10"
    }
  }
}