CCTV News: May 10 is the 12th anniversary of the establishment of the Navy's carrier-based aviation force. On May 10, 2013, the first carrier-based aviation unit of the People's Navy was officially formed, and since then, the navy's combat sequence has added a new type of main combat force. Recently, many naval aviation units have dispatched multiple orders and batches of carrier-based aircraft to carry out multiple practical courses, focusing on improving the troops' practical combat capabilities.

At 8 a.m., a pilot officer and soldier of a certain unit of the Naval Aviation Corps of the Southern Theater Command carefully inspected the participating fighter jets to ensure that the aircraft was in the best condition; the support personnel at each combat position carried out runway inspections, bird-repelling work, etc., to escort the fighter jets to take off and land.

After the commander's order, several carrier-based fighter jets took off, forming two red and blue formations to the designated airspace, and carrying out air confrontation training for each other. Between sea and air, the Red side took the lead in discovering the Blue side. The Red side's two aircraft immediately changed the formation, and the long plane attacked forward to lock in the Blue side's fighter jets, and the wingman opened the distance and provided rear cover. After the Blue Fighter was locked, it immediately avoided maneuver and got rid of the lock, and at the same time commanded the Wingman to intercept the Red Fighter at high altitude and high speed. Seeing this, Hong Fang was forced to turn around and wait for an opportunity to fight back. The two sides quickly switched between offense and defense and had many confrontations.

A unit of the Naval Aviation Corps of the Eastern Theater Command recently organized multiple helicopters to conduct flight training in multiple subjects and multiple batches under low meteorological conditions based on rain and fog weather.

From " "Solar Dance on the Blade" to "Heroes in the System", from "one ship, one aircraft" to "deep blue iron wings", from the day the naval ship-based aviation unit was formed, the People's Navy embarked on a magnificent journey of spreading its wings.

In November 2012, the J-15 successfully took off and landed on the Liaoning ship for the first time, and the "flying shark" flew to the sky.

Half a year after successfully blocking the landing and leaping takeoff for the first time, on May 10, 2013, the first ship-based aviation unit of the Navy was officially formed. China's aircraft carrier-based aircraft industry has achieved breakthroughs after breakthrough.

In July 2013, the first batch of carrier-based fighter pilots passed the aircraft carrier qualification certification.

In December 2016, the J-15 went to the Western Pacific waters with the Liaoning aircraft carrier formation to conduct long-sea training, and Chinese carrier-based fighter jets flew in the Western Pacific for the first time.

In 2023, the J-15 went to the Western Pacific waters with the Shandong aircraft carrier formation for training.

In October 2024, the Liaoning and Shandong ship formations and the J-15 carried out the first dual-aircraft carrier formation drill in a certain waters in the South China Sea.

From the first landing to take-off and landing on day and night, from single aircraft to multi-type coordination, from sea and air assault to partner refueling, the naval carrier-based aircraft force system has become increasingly powerful. In recent years, with the continuous advancement of naval transformation and construction, the carrier-based aviation troops have developed into a naval military with naval carrier-based fighter jets, carrier-based helicopters, etc. as basic equipment. The carrier platforms include aircraft carriers, amphibious assault ships, etc., which mainly perform combat missions in the ocean and coastal airspace, and are the main force to seize marine air supremacy.

Experts: The combat mode of carrier-based aviation will be more diversified in the future

With the expansion of combat platforms and the expansion of sea and air coverage, the functions and roles of carrier-based aviation units are becoming increasingly prominent. What role will they play in the battlefield in the future? Let’s listen to the experts’ analysis.

Military expert Du Wenlong: The carrier-based aviation force plays a crucial role in naval battles, called the main combat force, which can perform various combat missions in the ocean through the large aircraft carrier platform. For example, the range of shore-based aviation voyages and ranges including capabilities were relatively limited. If sea and air combat was carried out on the ocean through the large aircraft carrier platform, the combat range, and combat strength would be greatly improved.

There are more and more aircraft carrier platforms, and carrier-based aircraft combat troops may be more diversified, and carrier-based aircraft types are developing rapidly. In addition, in the future, intelligent unmanned networks will become the main direction of the development of carrier-based aircraft combat troops, and early warning aircraft, including other types of support, will be more comprehensive and richer. In the next step, manned and manned drone networking and cooperative combat will become the main model in the future. Under extreme conditions, drones play an important role in airspace and sea areas that cannot be reached by manned aircraft.