The left outboard does appear to be larger than the rest in the above image but I'll say it is just a normal engine with its maintenance hatches opened. Normally when you mount a new engine on a quad-engine test bed, it will be installed on one of the inboard mounts as this will induce less yawing moment if that engine flamed out.
KJ-600 carrierborne AEWC thread & possible KY-600 (?) COD aircraft
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just to be sure: really at Xingcheng aka the HQ Naval Aviation University? Or not more likely Huangdicu, which is often also known as Xingcheng-2?
According to the original poster on Weibo, he just said that he went to Xingcheng early this month, plus I quote his last sentence: "As far as I know, Xingcheng has a PLA Naval Aviation Training Base".
He also photographed several J-15s conducting training flights there.
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More likely to be E2-D. Chinese aircraft is greyish while US one is in white paint. And the nose radome is identical to that of E2-D. Backgrounds looks like tropical jungle, may be photo was taken in South East Asia or South Asia.
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more like a KJ-600 based on the two outside vertical stabs (top part > bottom, whereas E2-D is opposite)
Landing lights seem to suggest it is a E-2, unless the KJ-600 also has the same landing lights window now since it didn't have them before
Plus what seems to be a side radiator box
Plus what seems to be a side radiator box