This is a little bit of tech from the A&K1 universe. It is a fictitous fighter/ attack aircraft built by the Peoples Republic of China. Its design dates back to a program started in the early 1970's to develop an aircraft for primarily ground attack work with some limited air defense capability too. It started to reach squadron strength in the late 80's. In performance it has described as somewhat to the SEPCAT although its larger size and the addition of a backseater allowed for a dedicated weapons officer post giving it a bit more flexibility. With the addition of electronics upgrades in the 1990's the JH9 was able to add the role of maritime strike to its resume.

The JH9 has been instrutmental in PRC's attempts to keep the Birdies, the alien invaders are avian in nature, from establishing ground bases in their territory. Flying low-level attack missions against sometimes very heavily defended alien positions they've sustained heavy losses. Production continues of the JH9 Hawk but its successor the JH12 Thunderbolt is already beginning to enter service, but due to wartime production needs the model will probably stay in service for a while longer.