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The J-15 is a Chinese twin-engine all-weather carrier-based fighter manufactured by the Shenyang Aircraft Corporation in cooperation with the 601 Institute for the Chinese PLAN aircraft carriers. In China the J-15 is known as the Flying Shark with a NATO designation of Flanker-X2. The J-15 has the same basic airframe design as the Su-33. When the jet entered service in 2015 it was compared to the U.S. Navy’s two-seat FA-18 Super Hornet fighter. In 2018 it was announced the J-15 would stop production for the J-15B.
By 2012 the Russian Naval Aviation consisted of Su-33 fighters and Su-25UTG attack aircraft belonging to the 279th Regiment that formed the Admiral Kuznetzov carrier air wing. Also considered as part of this group were the Su-24 bombers based in the Crimea. Established in 1973 as the 279th Independent Shipborne Assault Aviation Regiment but in 1990 it became a maritime Assault Aviation Regiment. In 1993 the unit absorbed the 100th Shipborne Fighter Aviation Regiment so the 279th was renamed the 279th Shipborne Fighter Aviation Regiment based at Severomorsk-3, Murmansk Oblast.
- First Flight: August 31, 2009
- In Service: 2013
- Crew: 1 – 2
- Dimensions
- Length: 21.19 m (72 ft)
- Wingspan
- Down – 14.7 m (48 ft 3 in)
- Folded – 8.4 m (27.56 ft)
- Height – 5.9 m (19.42 ft)
- Weights
- Empty – 175,000 kg (38,600 lb)
- Loaded – 27,000 kg (60,000 lb)
- Maximum Takeoff – 33,000 kg (72,752 lb)
- Performance
- Powerplants – 2 X Modified WS-10 Variants Producing 132kN Each
- Maximum Speed – Mach 2.4 (2,940 kph 1,826 mph)
- Ferry Range – 3,500 km (2,175 miles)
- Armament
- Cannon – 1 X 30 mm GSh-30-1 With 150 Rounds
- Munitions On 12 External Hardpoints
- 8 X PL-12 or R-77 And
- 4 X PL-9 Or R-73 Air-To-Air Missiles
- YJ-62 Or Kh-41 Anti-Ship Missiles
- YJ-91 Supersonic Anti-Ship Missiles
- ECM Pods
- Various Bombs And Rockets
- Dimensions: 35.5 x 26 x 10.5 cm
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