According to CCTV's report on April 19, 2020, recently, naval carrier-based aviation units organized carrier-based fighters and carrier-based helicopters to carry out practical training in aerial refueling, close air combat and cross-day flight. Experts said that the training of related technical subjects of carrier aircraft is very important for the generation and improvement of the combat effectiveness of aircraft carriers and even aircraft carrier formation systems.
Among the numerous trainings conducted this time, the "Come on, Partners" training between J-15 is particularly interesting. "Partner refueling" means that in the process of refueling in the air, the tanker and the receiver are the same type of aircraft. "Partner refueling" plays an extremely important auxiliary role in offshore training, which can prolong the stay time of oil-receiving fighters in the air and is a combat skill that carrier-based aircraft forces must master.
According to the report, many batches and sorties of J-15 carrier-based fighters quickly formed red and blue adversaries after completing aerial refueling, and went to designated airspace to carry out close air combat, air interception, sea assault and other actual combat confrontation training under specific tactical background. At night, another batch of fighters took off, and multi-disciplinary high-intensity cross-day flight completed many training subjects such as low-altitude assault and penetration, and the core combat capability at night was upgraded again.
Li Jie, a military expert from China, told the Global Times reporter on April 20, 2020 that the carrier-based aircraft is the most important and critical weapon of the aircraft carrier, and it is very important to generate and enhance the combat effectiveness of the aircraft carrier and even the entire aircraft carrier formation. Therefore, to develop aircraft carrier formation, we must first ensure the improvement of various training levels and abilities of carrier-based aircraft and carrier-based aircraft pilots.
Li Jie said that since China's first aircraft carrier, the Liaoning ship, served for nearly eight years, the training level of carrier-based aircraft has been continuously improved, and related capabilities such as taking off and landing at night, seizing air and sea control, and electronic warfare have been improved. The second aircraft carrier Shandong Ship is in service. With the increasing number of carrier-based aircraft, more attention should be paid to the technical subject training of carrier-based aircraft. Li Jie believes that the combat capability of carrier-based aircraft will be further enhanced, because carrier-based aircraft is not in place in one step, but gradually supplemented, and carrier-based pilots are also following up training and their capabilities are gradually enhanced.