Hard to tell except by observation from Japanese/ROC units. JSDF has the most detailed data. Shandong reached 57 sorties per day in 2023. Highest they recorded for Liaoning was 46.
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CV-16, CV-17 STOBAR carrier thread (001/Liaoning, 002/Shandong)
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Hard to tell except by observation from Japanese/ROC units. JSDF has the most detailed data. Shandong reached 57 sorties per day in 2023. Highest they recorded for Liaoning was 46.
According to (officially released?) Chinese media Shandong made 10000 sorties in 5 years or 2000 per year. I'm pretty sure it reached the 10000 milestone far faster than Liaoning (with the experience gained from the Liaoning!)
Liaoning's MLU definitely has an impact but not sure that meant it is sortieing more than Shandong:
Liaoning's MLU definitely has an impact but not sure that meant it is sortieing more than Shandong:
I thought it would be interesting to look at other modern STOBAR sorties, the closest one I found recorded was the Kuznetsov during its two month deployment against Syria in 2017. It did 400+ sorties in total (but apparently this included the air wing operating from land bases after two carrier fixed wing crashed.)
So two months, 60 days, dividing up 400 sorties would be in single digits. Worse if a proportion of the sorties were from land bases.
There is absolute nothing on Indian STOBAR sorties. Or even operational patrol deployments, for that matter.
So two months, 60 days, dividing up 400 sorties would be in single digits. Worse if a proportion of the sorties were from land bases.
There is absolute nothing on Indian STOBAR sorties. Or even operational patrol deployments, for that matter.