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China undertook a similarly designed version of the MiG-19 for their own as the Shenyang J-6. This version would further be outfitted to even more nations on the Communist side, bringing the production total of the MiG-19 series as a whole close to the 8,000 mark.
The J-6 apparently was in front line service with the PLAAF, and saw limited combat against their common adversary, the ROC Air Force (Nationalist China). One major air battle between Red and Nationalist Chinese aircraft occurred in 1967, with 12 J-6s taking on four Lockheed F-104 Starfighters. Each side claimed one kill.
The most significant combat seen by the J-6 was during the Indo-Pakistani War in December 1971. The Chinese-built version of the MiG-19 was inducted into the Pakistani Air Force as the F-6. The F-6 was later modified by the Pakistani Air Force to carry U.S.-built AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles. The Pakistanis claimed that their F-6s shot down about 10 Indian aircraft, with a loss of four F-6s. The Indians maintain that the Pakistani claims for kills are inflated and the number of losses are an underestimate.
