J-15 carrier fighter thread
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By the way ... since we are onto these new H-numbers on PLAN aircraft and especially J-15s I had an idea:
Altogether, five blocks of H-numbers have been identified on J-15s with xx = number:
1. H11111xx for all xx = 01 to 24
2. H17410xx for all xx = 30 to 35 & J-15S no. 46 + 49
3. H11011xx for all xx = 60 to 69
4. H11021xx for all xx = 70 to 79
5. H11031xx for all xx = 80 to 89
So far I wasn't able to deduct a pattern of which single seater was seen on which carrier and IMO they are assigned as per request on which one is available, but these H-numbers make me suspicious and my theory is:
- the nos. 01-24 are some sort of OCU at Huangdicun
- the J-15S and nos. 30-35 are a training unit at the NAU (also at Huangdicun ?)
- and the final three - most likely four - blocks of ten aircraft each are "operational flight groups" (daduis ?), which will either be permanently be assigned to a certain carrier or as per duty.
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Altogether, five blocks of H-numbers have been identified on J-15s with xx = number:
1. H11111xx for all xx = 01 to 24
2. H17410xx for all xx = 30 to 35 & J-15S no. 46 + 49
3. H11011xx for all xx = 60 to 69
4. H11021xx for all xx = 70 to 79
5. H11031xx for all xx = 80 to 89
So far I wasn't able to deduct a pattern of which single seater was seen on which carrier and IMO they are assigned as per request on which one is available, but these H-numbers make me suspicious and my theory is:
- the nos. 01-24 are some sort of OCU at Huangdicun
- the J-15S and nos. 30-35 are a training unit at the NAU (also at Huangdicun ?)
- and the final three - most likely four - blocks of ten aircraft each are "operational flight groups" (daduis ?), which will either be permanently be assigned to a certain carrier or as per duty.
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Do we know if the j-15s are dedicated for training and have complete twin controls for a teacher to overide a student ?
According to LUO Sheng Ke (罗胜科), Chinese Navy carrier aviation wing chief attached to aircraft carrier 17 Shandong, new J-15 pilots take less and less time (a "cycle" now) to perform their 100 landings on aircraft carriers...
With the cv16 Liaoning in MLU, New pilots will need to train for the rest of the year only on the Shandong until it's back. Don't know how long it will take ?
Would be interesting to see where the cv16 J-15 will be stationned during that time.
Naval Aviation University J-15's. Can anyone identify the pod in the last image?
Oh... Thank you. The opaque seeker and the lack of fins threw me off
I'm most surprised that we have in the meantime more images of the J-35 available than from the J-15B.
