A more typical operational aircraft compliment would probably involve a single regiment of fighter/attack aircraft. This would typically be 8 or 16 aircraft, depending on the mission requirement. One also would expect a compliment of 4-8 ASW helicopters, a detachment of 2 SAR (Sea Air Rescue) helicopters and a detachment of 2 AEW (Airborne Early Warning) helicopters. If the newest aircraft available to the Navy were assigned, one would expect the jets to be a carrier variant of the Su-30 (two batches of 20 ordered in 2003 for the PLAN) plus variants of the Ka-28 Helix helicopter. If older aircraft are operated, one might encounter J-6 (MiG-19), J-7 (MiG-21) or J-8 fighters (two engine mod of MiG-21), JH-7 (Chinese design) or Q-5 (mod MiG-19) attack aircraft, and Z-8 (Super Frelon) or Z-9 (Dauphin) helicopters. If Army Aviation Corps helicopters were embarked, the most likely would include Mi-181 transports and the attack variant of the Z-9.

This part from the second article is very suspect and it shows that the writer doesn’t know what he’s talking about.

There is simply no way that a J-6, -7, -8 and Q-5 could operate off a carrier.

Though we’ve seen pictures of a carrier model with J-8IIs.

That article (and the original Hong Kong news story) had floated around the Chinese forums. Not entirely believable but they did put up a project number and you rarely see this happening in articles written on pure speculations.

Details like them being non-power projection but aerial defense seems to fit in well with Chinese doctrine.

I think they will be used in the Strait. The carriers planes will protect ships in conjunction with land based aircraft. In fact, it is possible that land-based fighter could provide CAP over the carriers while the carriers’ aircraft protect surface ships further afield thereby extending the range of the PLANAF.

They are almost certain to based entirely along the Chinese east coast and especially the Taiwan Strait if they exist.

Here’s one of the arse.

From a Chinese magazine cover

From basic white to temperate camo

Originally posted by SOC
What makes someone else’s opinion less important than yours?

They’re not.

And I actively encourage them to ignore my opinions as much as I ignore theirs if they deem mine unimportant.

In fact, I fervently hope that they ignore the FC-1 and other Chinese threads and save us all from flamewars.

Haley, desist before you turn into worthless scum like F-18 Hamburger. His unfunny attempts at being cute literally sickens me now as he tries repeatedly to flood threads with food crap that has long since lost any appeal as something original or humorous.

You are fast approaching that disgusting standard with attempts at wit that nobody could remotely comprehend.

Again, this is only my humble opinion.

Originally posted by Haleyoneshoemak

Had you ever jumped in
and helped another of your kind out when
they were under attack???

I did more to put the Chinese subjects in the right directions than anyone else after repeated FC-1 threads were closed down right at the moment when the FC-1 was unveiled.

Posting nonsensical crap in bad english under a Canadian flag is doing nothing for our “own kind.”

My advice to SD-10 was the same I’m giving to you. Ignore the flamers and post pictures and news stories. Both of you do a pretty job at that.

Like I said at the beginning of my landmark FC-1 thread, IGNORE them. The best way to to respond to jealous, unimportant people from politically unimportant places is to ignore their jealous unimportant opinions.

Now if you want to respond, at least respond in a straight forward understandable manner that’s all I’m saying.

Unlike you I show my dislike and disdain for people in an open manner because I know my English is not good enough to attempt any backhanded witticism or sarcasm. Yours isn’t either.

But you are an adult and how you do things is up to you. I’m just giving you my humble opinion 😀

BTW, a feud between a Canadian (you) and a Chinese (me) is not “family.”