CV-16, CV-17 STOBAR carrier thread (001/Liaoning, 002/Shandong)

[Blitzo]

I don't recall seeing pictures with all 24 J-15s on the deck at the same time, or even 21 of them. Doesn't mean I didn't miss them if they were shown. They're rare.

I recall some images from May 2023, as well as September 2022 from my own personal folder but I forget if they were released then or even earlier.

Certainly over the last few years we've had pics and videos of CV-16/17 with full airwings of 20+ J-15s

We know that kind of operations happened before and they're capable of. We haven't see any videos that I'm aware of, but Japanese have certainly reported them before, multiple times.

The Chinese carrier program has come a long way. That was the point.

The Chinese carrier program has definitely come a long way, but objectively there does remain a few things we have yet to verify through imagery or third party observation.

The Japanese reports are for when CV-16/17 venture for their Pacific exercises but from pictures those almost certainly are done with a partial airwing.
Personally I think their true sortie rates with a nominal airwing size should be even a bit higher than what we've seen reported so far by the Japanese but they likely haven't gone to the open Pacific with those airwing sizes yet.

 

[asif iqbal]

would love to see CV-16 and CV-17 flanking CV18

all hands on deck

 

[by78]

Weapons elevator.

 

[ACuriousPLAFan]

CV-16 Liaoning has returned to Huangdao. Posted by @琴石2022 on Weibo.

 

[asif iqbal]

Love the satellite images

No doubt China has made some serious leaps in Carrier operations in the last 10 years

I am guessing the recruitment is high for carrier related jobs in PLAN

even more so for any of the flag deck warships

with
8 x LPD
4 x LHD
1 x LHA
2 x STOBAR
And 1 x CAROBAR

we have a lot of flat deck real estate

and so much exciting stuff to follow

 

[by78]

Satellite images of carrier Shandong and her escorts, dated July 2nd.

 

[cornerodriguez]

Hola amigos.
Y sin saber cuantos submarinos los acompañan

 

[Rank Amateur]

Hola amigos.
Y sin saber cuantos submarinos los acompañan

Inglés, por favor.

 

[Kich]

Satellite images of carrier Shandong and her escorts, dated July 2nd.

Not all the ships were identified. One especially wasn't squared. Counting 10 but 9 identified.

 

[MinhHaiNguyen9001]

PLA Aircraft Carrier Liaoning.​