J-15 carrier fighter thread

[Blitzo]

No, I'm only counting the CATOBAR J-15 family.

Uhh
I'll rephrase my question to avoid misunderstanding.
For your below breakdown of CATOBAR J-15T/DT below per carrier, are you talking about the number of J-15T and DT squadrons/units per carrier, accounting for or without each carrier also having a J-35 complement aboard?
AKA, is the no. of J-15T/DTs listed per carrier, the total no. of fixed wing fighters that each carrier will have?

CV-16 Liaoning: 1x J-15T squadron (10-12x units) + 1x J-15DT squadron (4-6x units)
CV-17 Shandong: 1x J-15T squadron (10-12x units) + 1x J-15DT squadron (4-6x units)
CV-18 Fujian: 2x J-15T squadrons (10-12x units) + 1x J-15DT squadron (6-8x units)
CV-19: 2x J-15T squadrons (10-12x units) + 1x J-15DT squadron (6-8x units)
CVN-20: 2x J-15T squadrons (10-12x units) + 1x J-15DT squadron (6-8x units)

For example, for CV-18, you list 2x J-15T squadrons of 10-12 airframes per squadron, and 1x J-15DT squadron of 6-8 airframes, which is 20-24x J-15T airframes + 6-8x J-15DT airframes.
Is that number envisioning the CV-18's total fixed wing tactical air complement is only 20-24x J-15Ts + 6-8x J-15DTs, or is there also 1-2 squadrons of J-35s as part of the total fixed wing tactical air complement in addition to the J-15T and DTs?


I assumed you were including J-35s as part of those complements, because for Fujian, a total of 26-32 J-15T/DTs as the only fighter airwing complement seems a bit light.

As for the J-35, I certainly expect a larger production run than the J-15T/DTs, as I anticipate that the carrier air wings on future carriers (i.e. post CVN-20) would most likely only consist of J-35s and J-XD(S)Ts as their manned fighter components (apart from the J-15TDs, if their roles haven't been taken over by something else).

Yes

 

[ACuriousPLAFan]

Uhh
I'll rephrase my question to avoid misunderstanding.
For your below breakdown of CATOBAR J-15T/DT below per carrier, are you talking about the number of J-15T/DT squadrons or airframes per carrier with or without each carrier also having a J-35 complement aboard?
AKA, is the no. of J-15T/DTs listed per carrier, the total no. of fixed wing fighters that each carrier will have?

For example, for CV-18, you list 2x J-15T squadrons of 10-12 airframes per squadron, and 1x J-15DT squadron of 6-8 airframes, which is 20-24x J-15T airframes + 6-8x J-15DT airframes.
Is that number envisioning the CV-18's total fixed wing tactical air complement is only 20-24x J-15Ts + 6-8x J-15DTs, or is there also 1-2 squadrons of J-35s as part of the total fixed wing tactical air complement in addition to the J-15T and DTs?

No, I'm just counting the J-15T/DTs in my initial post. There should be an additional 2x squadrons of J-35s per carrier for the CATOBAR CV/CVNs (again, 10-12x units per squadron).

I'm mainly modelling my calculations based off the Strike Fighter (VFA) Squadrons of the USN CVNs, whereby there are 4x F/A-18E/F and F-35C squadrons per CVN of 10-12x units per squadron (which does not include the Electronic Attack (VAQ) Squadron, whereby each CVN would have one squadron of 7x E/A-18Gs each).

 

[Blitzo]

No, I'm just counting the J-15T/DTs in my initial post. There should be an additional 2x squadrons of J-35s per carrier for the CATOBAR CV/CVNs (again, 10-12x units per squadron).
I'm mainly modelling my calculations based off the Strike Fighter (VFA) Squadrons of the USN CVNs, whereby there are 4x F/A-18E/F and F-35C squadrons per CVN of 10-12x units per squadron (which does not include the Electronic Attack (VAQ) Squadron, whereby each CVN would have one squadron of 7x E/A-18Gs each).

Ah okay, yes so that's what I was getting at.

I was asking if your J-15T/DT squadron/airframe estimates were assuming that there was also a J-35 complement aboard each of your airwing suggestions, in which case the answer is yes.