On September 25, 2012, the Liaoning ship was officially delivered to the navy, and the Chinese aircraft carrier era officially set sail.
As an important symbol of the transformation of the navy and a representative of new combat forces, in the past ten years of reform and strengthening the army, the naval aircraft carrier force with the Liaoning ship as the "first ship" has accelerated the transformation and construction, accelerated the improvement of combat capabilities, and explored a new method with Chinese characteristics. The growth trajectory of aircraft carrier force construction.
In the past two days, China's third aircraft carrier, the Fujian ship, is carrying out a series of equipment installation and commissioning work, and related test tasks are also advancing in an orderly manner.
As the first domestic catapult-type aircraft carrier, the birth of the Fujian ship has profound significance for the development of the aircraft carrier force.
Ma Chao, head of the aviation support department of the Fujian ship: The development of China's aircraft carrier is inseparable from the dedication of the whole country to this cause.
In just ten years, the Liaoning fleet has achieved the goal of moving towards the dark blue and its combat effectiveness has jumped, and explored a path for the development of aircraft carriers with Chinese characteristics.
On September 25, 2012, the Liaoning ship was officially delivered to the navy, and the Chinese aircraft carrier era officially set sail.
Since then, the Liaoning ship has shouldered the important task of transforming the People's Navy, cutting through the waves, accelerating the construction of the exploration aircraft carrier force, and accelerating the extension to the open ocean.
In the past 10 years of reforming and strengthening the army, the Liaoning ship has achieved brilliant records of flying sharks taking off and landing day and night, breaking through the island chain, actual combat deployment, and systematic combat.
If the aircraft carrier is compared to the "pioneer" of the Chinese navy into the deep blue, then the carrier-based aircraft of the Chinese navy is the "iron fist" of the Chinese navy.
In 2017, the carrier-based air force of the aircraft carrier successfully took off and landed at night on the Liaoning ship for the first time.
Xu Ying, deputy captain of the Shandong Ship: Achieving breakthroughs in nighttime technology and mastering nighttime landing technology means that we have the ability to perform tasks all-weather, especially at night and under complex weather conditions.
Give full play to the advantages of full-time combat, so as to have greater initiative in the future battlefield.
Air partner refueling at night, ultra-low-altitude penetration at sea, ship-based air-sea confrontation training... In order to shorten the gap with the world's advanced countries, batches of carrier-based aircraft tried their own risk, and together with the aircraft carrier, held up the "flight height" of the formation's combat effectiveness , to win the future battlefield between the sea and the sky.
Cui Yonggang, captain of the Liaoning ship: Over the years, our aircraft carrier has achieved leapfrog development. It can be said that the road to aircraft carrier with Chinese characteristics has been tested in reality.
At present, the mission of the domestic aircraft carrier Shandong is also expanding and developing rapidly, and the first catapult aircraft carrier Fujian is preparing to launch.
We believe that in the near future, the "three aircraft carriers" will demonstrate our great power on a broader international stage.
Writing a "new track" for aircraft carrier transformation and preparations in the open ocean
The Liaoning aircraft carrier formation, as a strategic force in the distant sea defense operations, has grown from nothing over the past ten years, from small to large.
From being able to get on the ship to being able to fight, in the actual combat training, the small formation system has been continuously refined and integrated into the joint operation system, and it has been tempered into a strong maritime force that must be overcome and must be defended.
Not long ago, an aircraft carrier formation of the Navy's Liaoning ship, which was conducting training in a certain waters in the Western Pacific, discovered a group of unidentified air situation targets from a distance and flew close to the formation at high speed.
Judgment, decision-making, and action, in just a few minutes, the formation command post decisively issued an order to attack, and several J-15 carrier-based fighter jets flew towards the target airspace.
From single platform to combat formation, to small system operations of aircraft carrier formations, and then to integration into the big system of joint operations... In the past ten years, the Liaoning aircraft carrier formation has deepened the coordination of ship-submarine aircraft through back-to-back system confrontation and actual combat training in the open sea, and continuously improved the aircraft carrier formation. System combat effectiveness.
In 2017, the new ocean-going comprehensive supply ship Hulun Lake was commissioned. Since then, the aircraft carrier formation has had a mobile "gas station" at sea.
Last year, under the continuous tracking of foreign ships, the Hulun Lake ship and the Liaoning ship successfully completed the actual replenishment at sea in a certain waters in the Western Pacific Ocean, achieving a number of new breakthroughs in large-scale, day-night, and long-term supply in the context of enemy threats.
Following the Hulun Lake ship to join the Liaoning ship's aircraft carrier formation, there is also a new domestically produced guided-missile destroyer Nanchang ship.
In addition to the assistance of new equipment, as an important part of the aircraft carrier formation, carrier-based aircraft pilots have formed actual combat capabilities in batches.
How to make the new members of the promoted formation give full play to their own advantages in formation operations and more skillfully arrange their troops on the battlefield has also become a key exploration topic of the Liaoning aircraft carrier formation.
Cui Yonggang, captain of the Liaoning ship: The assignment of our aircraft carrier formation is to temporarily select groups according to different tasks, and plug and play.
To this end, we have introduced a set of standard assessment mechanisms.
In the past two years, more and more troops have passed the assessment, and we have greater selectivity in carrying out tasks.
In the past ten years, the system combat capability of the Liaoning aircraft carrier formation has been continuously enhanced, and the track is also accelerating into the deep sea.
Not long ago, the aircraft carrier formation of the Liaoning ship also carried out research and training on actual combat subjects under the threat of enemy conditions, and continued to integrate into the general system of joint operations.
The track shows the original intention and mission to the dark blue
The People's Navy is loyal to the party, and the ship travels thousands of miles without getting lost.
In the past ten years, all officers and soldiers of the Liaoning ship have accelerated their tempering in the vivid practice of transformation and preparation, and used practical actions to make the ship's soul of "always loyal and always striving for the first" shine in the new era.
With the whistle sounding and the Daiman flag flying, the officers and men of the Liaoning ship greeted the mothership's 10th birthday with the highest naval etiquette on the vast sea.
Whether it is the first-generation veteran of the aircraft carrier who has served for more than 20 years, or the vigorous new force who has just boarded the ship, everyone solemnly swears.
At this moment, just like when the Liaoning ship was first commissioned 10 years ago, the officers and soldiers set sail again with great ambitions and entered the next new journey.
Wang Zesen, Political Commissar of the Liaoning Ship: Over the past ten years, our officers and soldiers have firmly established the sense of loyalty that the ship listens to my command and that I listen to the party's command. The ability to fight wars has jumped, and phased results have been achieved in the development of the army.
For every officer and soldier of the aircraft carrier force, being able to experience the actual combat test is the most urgent dream in the growth process.
In recent years, going to deep blue has given officers and soldiers more opportunities to hone their winning skills and strengthen their will to fight.
During this period, the political work of the aircraft carrier closely followed the combat process, and the ship's party committee gave full play to its leading function, integrating the political-industrial chain into the command chain and the combat engagement chain.
Zhu Yuemeng, instructor of a squadron of the Liaoning ship: The ten years of the Liaoning ship are only the beginning, and there will be more ten years in the future. Advance into deeper blues.
Over the past ten years, the aircraft carrier formation with the Liaoning ship as the core has accelerated the improvement of the combat capability of the system. In the volatile international situation, it has become a window to demonstrate the confidence and strength of a major country, and has also brought firm strength to the people of the country.