J-15 carrier-borne fighter thread

Volpler11

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The so far missing no. 89 was found

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... but also a new J-15S no. 49, so nos. 47 + 48 are missing.

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I'm still amazed by the production numbers and especially the bort numbers of the J-15s ... even if now all gaps on the single-seaters are closed and we know confirmed all J-15s from 01-24, 30-35, 60-92 - so in total 63 single-seaters, I am puzzled about the gap between 24 and 30 - i.e. 5 machines - so that I currently assume that this will also be closed and then the J-15 nos. 01-35 are available for Huangdicun and Liaoning and numbers 60-92+ (here I still expect 93 and 94) for Lingshui and Shandong.

What do you think?
I had always suspected 30-35 is a training unit.
 

Cloud_Nine_

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This might be off-topic but how exactly are PLANAF's carrier-borne fighter units structured? According to Wikipedia, CV-16 and CV-17 each have a "wing" but we've seen a "10th brigade" prepared for CV-18. Wing being a Division unit, what exactly is the role of the brigade here? Multiple brigades for a Carrier Air Wing?
 

Deino

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This might be off-topic but how exactly are PLANAF's carrier-borne fighter units structured? According to Wikipedia, CV-16 and CV-17 each have a "wing" but we've seen a "10th brigade" prepared for CV-18. Wing being a Division unit, what exactly is the role of the brigade here? Multiple brigades for a Carrier Air Wing?


Really? a 10th Brigade? What's the source for this??

In fact my theory is as posted above:

I'm still amazed by the production numbers and especially the bort numbers of the J-15s ... even if now all gaps on the single-seaters are closed and we know confirmed all J-15s from 01-24, 30-35, 60-92 - so in total 63 single-seaters, I am puzzled about the gap between 24 and 30 - i.e. 5 machines - so that I currently assume that this will also be closed and then the J-15 nos. 01-35 are available for Huangdicun and Liaoning and numbers 60-92+ (here I still expect 93 and 94) for Lingshui and Shandong.

What do you think?
 

Cloud_Nine_

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Really? a 10th Brigade? What's the source for this??

In fact my theory is as posted above:

I'm still amazed by the production numbers and especially the bort numbers of the J-15s ... even if now all gaps on the single-seaters are closed and we know confirmed all J-15s from 01-24, 30-35, 60-92 - so in total 63 single-seaters, I am puzzled about the gap between 24 and 30 - i.e. 5 machines - so that I currently assume that this will also be closed and then the J-15 nos. 01-35 are available for Huangdicun and Liaoning and numbers 60-92+ (here I still expect 93 and 94) for Lingshui and Shandong.

What do you think?
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This image I believe.

For J-15 production I really have no idea lol. I am even more confused.
 

Cloud_Nine_

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That actually does look like WS-10H, and it looks like an in service aircraft too (I suppose it could be 554 or 557 if they had repainted additional details on it)

I wonder if we will see J-15B mass produced with WS-10, if they are re-engining J-15s with it.
It's too grainy to tell for sure but I think this is a two-digit number J-15, so might just be a re-engined one from earlier batches.
 
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