Good one asif! glad to see we still have a sense of humor here at SDF, LOL. the Great Wall???You mean Great Wall of China??
PLAN Aircraft Carrier programme...(Closed)
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AssassinsMace
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I don't believe that's in China. Next Big Future seems to have a bunch of amateurs writing their military articles.
Hendrik_2000
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It can't get anymore official than this From China mil online the official website of PLA
2nd batch of ship-borne fighter pilots makes debut
(Source: ) 2015-01-13
BEIJING, January 12 (ChinaMil) -- Another 8 ship-borne fighter pilots made successful landing on the aircraft carrier at the end of November 2014. This is the 2nd batch of ship-borne fighter pilots after their predecessors two years ago.
2nd batch of ship-borne fighter pilots makes debut
Yet according to analysis on procedures of the first batch of ship-borne fighter pilots who have acquired qualification certificate and badge, these 8 pilots haven’t received assessment of the certificate and badge.
On November 23, 2012, Dai Mingmeng, one of the first 5 ship-borne aircraft test pilots, steered a J-15 fighter and conducted successful arresting landing and ski-jump take-off, which marked an important first step for ship-borne pilots to execute operations.
On May 10, 2013, the first ship-borne aviation force of the Navy of Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLAN) was officially established, with one of its core tasks as cultivating ship-borne fighter pilots and flight commanders.
Dai Mingmeng acted as the deputy head of the ship-borne aviation force and started cultivating new pilots. On August 27, 2014, Dai Mingmeng was awarded the honorary title of “Heroic Test Pilot of Aircraft Carrier Fighters”, the highest military honor.
According to Li Jie, a female Chinese navy expert, the key for aircraft carrier to generate combat capability lies in training of personnel, especially training of ship-borne aircraft pilots.
She said the first 5 ship-born aircraft pilots cannot form real combat capability. The combat capability can only be available after a large number of aircraft and personnel are in place. In fact, the number of pilots should be more than that of aircrafts in the future.
Since China’s training on aircraft carrier fighter pilots starts from scratch, Li Jie commented the achievement of the 2nd batch of 8 ship-borne fighter pilots as “fast” progress.
At present, ship-borne fighter pilots in China are following a path featuring Chinese characteristics.
In 2013, Zhang Yongyi, the then general commander of test and trail of aircraft carrier and former deputy commander of the PLAN, said China, after step-by-step exploration and through rigid training, has fully mastered the landing and take-off techniques of ship-borne fighters on aircraft carrier and successfully established a training scheme for pilots.
To this end, Li Jie explained China’s training of ship-borne fighter pilots follows two steps: first, they carry out training on the land, and second, they conduct training on the sea. During such a process, the pilot needs to undergo a switching process before becoming a qualified ship borne fighter pilots.
The current candidates for China’s ship-born fighter pilots have to fulfill such qualifications as “35 years old or younger, having flied 5 or more types of airplane, and with no less than 1,000 hours of flight of the third-generation fighters.”
Li Jie holds that despite their rich flying experience, pilots of ship-borne fighters need to learn landing techniques of ship-borne fighters from the start, as it is quite different with that on the land. In addition, some pilots are transferred from other services of the PLA. As a result, an adaptive process is required.
With the maturing of the 1st batch of ship-borne fighter pilots, they will help to train the new batch of pilots, said Li Jie.
In future, the training for carrier-borne fighter pilots will accelerate. The PLAN started to recruit ship-borne fighter pilots in its pilot recruitment program in 2014, indicating the PLAN starts to shorten the cultivation cycles for ship-borne fighter pilots in a planned way and in scale.
Speaking of the training focus of the 1st and 2nd batch of pilots, Li Jie said the 1st batch of pilots now stresses on combat subjects, including coordination with other warships, while the 2nd batch of pilots is still receiving training on basic subjects such as “Touch and Go”, landing, and takeoff on the aircraft carrier.
Editor:Yao Jianing
2nd batch of ship-borne fighter pilots makes debut
(Source: ) 2015-01-13
BEIJING, January 12 (ChinaMil) -- Another 8 ship-borne fighter pilots made successful landing on the aircraft carrier at the end of November 2014. This is the 2nd batch of ship-borne fighter pilots after their predecessors two years ago.
2nd batch of ship-borne fighter pilots makes debut
Yet according to analysis on procedures of the first batch of ship-borne fighter pilots who have acquired qualification certificate and badge, these 8 pilots haven’t received assessment of the certificate and badge.
On November 23, 2012, Dai Mingmeng, one of the first 5 ship-borne aircraft test pilots, steered a J-15 fighter and conducted successful arresting landing and ski-jump take-off, which marked an important first step for ship-borne pilots to execute operations.
On May 10, 2013, the first ship-borne aviation force of the Navy of Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLAN) was officially established, with one of its core tasks as cultivating ship-borne fighter pilots and flight commanders.
Dai Mingmeng acted as the deputy head of the ship-borne aviation force and started cultivating new pilots. On August 27, 2014, Dai Mingmeng was awarded the honorary title of “Heroic Test Pilot of Aircraft Carrier Fighters”, the highest military honor.
According to Li Jie, a female Chinese navy expert, the key for aircraft carrier to generate combat capability lies in training of personnel, especially training of ship-borne aircraft pilots.
She said the first 5 ship-born aircraft pilots cannot form real combat capability. The combat capability can only be available after a large number of aircraft and personnel are in place. In fact, the number of pilots should be more than that of aircrafts in the future.
Since China’s training on aircraft carrier fighter pilots starts from scratch, Li Jie commented the achievement of the 2nd batch of 8 ship-borne fighter pilots as “fast” progress.
At present, ship-borne fighter pilots in China are following a path featuring Chinese characteristics.
In 2013, Zhang Yongyi, the then general commander of test and trail of aircraft carrier and former deputy commander of the PLAN, said China, after step-by-step exploration and through rigid training, has fully mastered the landing and take-off techniques of ship-borne fighters on aircraft carrier and successfully established a training scheme for pilots.
To this end, Li Jie explained China’s training of ship-borne fighter pilots follows two steps: first, they carry out training on the land, and second, they conduct training on the sea. During such a process, the pilot needs to undergo a switching process before becoming a qualified ship borne fighter pilots.
The current candidates for China’s ship-born fighter pilots have to fulfill such qualifications as “35 years old or younger, having flied 5 or more types of airplane, and with no less than 1,000 hours of flight of the third-generation fighters.”
Li Jie holds that despite their rich flying experience, pilots of ship-borne fighters need to learn landing techniques of ship-borne fighters from the start, as it is quite different with that on the land. In addition, some pilots are transferred from other services of the PLA. As a result, an adaptive process is required.
With the maturing of the 1st batch of ship-borne fighter pilots, they will help to train the new batch of pilots, said Li Jie.
In future, the training for carrier-borne fighter pilots will accelerate. The PLAN started to recruit ship-borne fighter pilots in its pilot recruitment program in 2014, indicating the PLAN starts to shorten the cultivation cycles for ship-borne fighter pilots in a planned way and in scale.
Speaking of the training focus of the 1st and 2nd batch of pilots, Li Jie said the 1st batch of pilots now stresses on combat subjects, including coordination with other warships, while the 2nd batch of pilots is still receiving training on basic subjects such as “Touch and Go”, landing, and takeoff on the aircraft carrier.
Editor:Yao Jianing
Jovian
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Given the news of this new batch of carrier qualified pilots, as well as the previous image of four J-15 on the deck of the Liaoning, perhaps we will finally see the PLAN releasing new images of the Liaoning soon: and this time with her deck full of J-15 (plenty of candidates now!). Perhaps they (PLAN) will release these new images before February 19!
*cough* chinese new year *cough*
Jovian
*cough* chinese new year *cough*
Jovian
Can someone confirm this image?
I can confirm that it is a picture.
I can confirm that it is definitely NOT a picture of any new Chinese carrier...not even close.
I can confirm that it is a picture of the transformation of the former Russian Admiral Gorshkov to the new Indian Vikramaditya and that picture is years old.
It does not say that they are carrier qualified yet...just that they landed on the carrier.
In fact, it pretty much confirms that they are not qualified as of yet.
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I do not expect we will see a carrier deck "full" of J-15s this year.
I would be satisfied to see them out actually performing qualifications and tests and exercises with six J-15s and expect we may see something close to that.
asif iqbal
Lieutenant General
Yeah look first we had the prototypes and now China will start to qualify its pilots slowly but surely it's never going to happen overnight
Plus a carrier pilot has to be a bread above the best of the best the highest cal it's of flying fighter there is the skills take years and years to perfect
We may have seen 6 in 2013 then 8 in 2014/2015 and maybe 12 this year or next but over these years they are clocking up "carrier hours" each jour needs another 4 hours to study and examine so eventually they will get there but it will take time
I carrier packed with J-15 is still a few years away I think
Plus a carrier pilot has to be a bread above the best of the best the highest cal it's of flying fighter there is the skills take years and years to perfect
We may have seen 6 in 2013 then 8 in 2014/2015 and maybe 12 this year or next but over these years they are clocking up "carrier hours" each jour needs another 4 hours to study and examine so eventually they will get there but it will take time
I carrier packed with J-15 is still a few years away I think
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