CV-17 Shandong (002 carrier) Thread I ...News, Views and operations

[s002wjh]

i'm curious since its May sea trail did it do another sea trail? if not is this normal?

 

[Blitzo]

i'm curious since its May sea trail did it do another sea trail? if not is this normal?

Yes it's normal. Look at how long it took CV-16 to go between its first and second sea trials.

 

[s002wjh]

Yes it's normal. Look at how long it took CV-16 to go between its first and second sea trials.

so when are they expecting to hand it over to the military and has initial combat readiness 2019 or 2020?

 

[Figaro]

Very beautiful night lights ... from LKJ86

 

[Figaro]

Some more photos ...

 

[DaTang cavalry]

Still needs some more work for sea trail.

 

[drunkmunky]

Looks like they turned it into a hotel after all with all those bright beautiful lights!

 

[DaTang cavalry]

so when are they expecting to hand it over to the military and has initial combat readiness 2019 or 2020?

Not that long, source said she will be delivered to navy about end of this year.

 

[Jeff Head]

Not that long, source said she will be delivered to navy about end of this year.

Yes but being delivered to the Navy and achieving IOC are two different things.

My expectation is delivery to PLAN will be early 2019. IOC will be mid to late 2020. FOC (Full operational capability) will be mid to late 2021.

Depends on how fast they can organize and train up a whole new air wing. They may use the airwing from the Liaoning to speed that up, and then train the new one on the Liaoning. In which case they may shave another six months off of things.

We'll see.

 

[DaTang cavalry]

Yes but being delivered to the Navy and achieving IOC are two different things.

My expectation is delivery to PLAN will be early 2019. IOC will be mid to late 2020. FOC (Full operational capability) will be mid to late 2021.

Depends on how fast they can organize and train up a whole new air wing. They may use the airwing from the Liaoning to speed that up, and then train the new one on the Liaoning. In which case they may shave another six months off of things.

We'll see.

yes, lets to see , but unlike Liaoning , they may have already trained another skilled team, especially the J-15 fleet, It takes some time to get used to it .