J-15 carrier fighter thread

[danielchin]

I answer my own question. It is ACMI pod. Look at this great photo almost like Japanese navy flag with ray radiating from the sun
J-15 standby on deck with real Air-Air missiles, while others carry ACMI pods for training.

Some more great photos J15 Shipboard crane? Guess he is just kidding look like J15 on landing approach
J-15艦載戦闘機

look at the first photo, #118 is back to the sky. Is it repaired or replaced? (original #118 had been crashed during pilot certification training on April 6, 2016)

 

[Deino]

look at the first photo, #118 is back to the sky. Is it repaired or replaced? (original #118 had been crashed during pilot certification training on April 6, 2016)

Not only 118, but also 107 ... so either these are old images (what I don't think) or these birds have been indeed either repaired or replaced.

 

[danielchin]

Not only 118, but also 107 ... so either these are old images (what I don't think) or these birds have been indeed either repaired or replaced.

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But what happened to 107? I can only recall another two incidents:
1. 117 had been crashed about same time as the 118, pilot was killed;
2. 104 was hit by bird, both pilot and plane landed safely.

 

[Sczepan]

according to

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nr. 203 and 217 suspected (see)

 

[Sczepan]

remember

207&208……
Looks like the crew and pilots for cv17 has already been training on Liaoning

also 107 is seen there

 

[dawn_strike]

Not only 118, but also 107 ... so either these are old images (what I don't think) or these birds have been indeed either repaired or replaced.

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Well... There are rumors that PLAN now have even more J15s than qualified pilots, so I’ m not surprised if the lost ones have indeed been replaced.

 

[dawn_strike]

according to

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nr. 203 and 217 suspected (see) View attachment 46406

Or more likely 212 and 203

Well it doesn't matter what the exact numbers are, or if the code name represents a new aircraft or just a new pilot on a witnessed fighter . We can make the legitimate assumption that the second carrier-based fighter regiment is on the way what so ever.

 

[SinoSoldier]

First photo of the J-15D has been revealed.

Rumor from "angadow" claims that the EW variant of the J-15 has not only made its flight but

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[Deino]

First photo of the J-15D has been revealed.

Rumor from "angadow" claims that the EW variant of the J-15 has not only made its flight but

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But how likely or realistic is this to just have done maiden flight and entering service so soon, esp. when the J-16G is not operational?

Deino

 

[Blitzo]

But how likely or realistic is this to just have done maiden flight and entering service so soon, esp. when the J-16G is not operational?

Deino

Hard to say, because we don't know how much of J-16D's development went into J-15D, and we don't know when J-15D actually first flew.

There were rumours that J-15D first flew October last year, and if J-15D (or J-17 if it is called that??) borrows essentially the same subsystems as J-16D (of which the first prototype first flew in late 2015), then I suppose in theory it isn't impossible for the first J-15D to have entered some kind of "service" (likely IOT&E equivalent?) if everything was super smooth.


But we haven't heard much consistent news or seen many consistent photos from the J-16D/J-15D/J-17 front since 2015 so tbh who knows.