Recently, a new domestically produced aircraft carrier has been launched. This is equivalent to laying the foundation and setting the table. Next, we will start to take the new aircraft carrier as the core and familiarize ourselves with various supporting equipment that form combat effectiveness. After all, before the catapult aircraft carrier, we already had two aircraft carriers. Experience in using it, but it is still a relatively unfamiliar brand-new equipment, and it requires a period of running-in and adaptation before you can master its combat performance. Recently, the new aircraft carrier has received one of the key equipment, the catapult-type carrier-based early warning aircraft and the transport aircraft , which may have already begun to be practiced. The transport aircraft was used to practice in the simulated land-based landing exercise recently organized by Haihang University.
According to public media reports, we saw a recent transport aircraft grouping assessment in the context of actual combat. This time, a regiment of Hainan University conducted training according to combatant standards, and conducted subjects such as land-based simulated landing of transport aircraft close to actual combat. It is not difficult to see from the training pictures that HNA University used the Y-7 transport aircraft to simulate land-based landings. Does this mean that a new carrier-based aircraft will be added to the ranks of domestic carrier-based aircraft ?
From the current point of view, there is a big difference between the carrier-based aircraft used by the catapult-type aircraft carrier and the ski-jump aircraft carrier. For example, military fans speculate that the new aircraft carrier will mainly use the J-15T catapult type, J-35, and KJ600 carrier-based early warning aircraft. , are basically specially designed for catapult-type aircraft carriers, and there are no small transport aircraft dedicated to aircraft carriers yet among these types. Generally speaking, on the ski jump aircraft carrier, except for the carrier-based fighter , which uses fixed-wing early warning aircraft, the transport aircraft are replaced by helicopters. The catapult aircraft carrier can take off and land fixed-wing aircraft with better performance. In order to take advantage of it, it must use fixed-wing aircraft. The wing must use a fixed wing, so this type of transport aircraft will not be absent.
Judging from the experience of using American aircraft carriers, aircraft carrier transport aircraft are indispensable, and currently they are mainly C-2 Greyhounds. Although this type of aircraft carrier transport aircraft is a product of the Cold War in the 1960s, the improved C-2A is equipped with a General Electric Company CF-34-3B turboprop engine and is still the main force of the American aircraft carrier, known as the aircraft carrier "Airbus". Even though a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier has almost unlimited energy, the various supplies of transport aircraft are still very important. When studying American aircraft carriers, the approximate location of the aircraft carrier can generally be judged from the surrounding track and range of the C-2A. It can be seen that its activities are frequent.
This time, the simulated land-based landing of the domestic Haihang University used a Y-7 transport aircraft. This is a twin-engine turboprop short- and medium-range transport aircraft based on the An-24. The performance is still good after the engine replacement. Yes, does this mean that the domestic version of C-2 Greyhound is developed based on and 7? Of course, some military fans believe that the airframe used in the domestic KJ600 is very good. As long as the radome and various electronic devices in the airframe are removed, it can be used as the same transport model.
Moreover, the American C-2 Greyhound was actually developed from the E-2 early warning aircraft . This statement also has a certain theoretical basis. Although it is not yet clear which solution it will be, judging from HNA's transport aircraft landing drills, there is a high probability that this type of carrier-based aircraft may be in sight, and it is worth looking forward to.
From another perspective, the use of Yun-7 to simulate land-based landings is actually helpful for the KJ-600 to quickly form combat capabilities. Through simulated landing training, it can be concluded that propeller fixed-wing carrier-based aircraft are in The relevant technical essentials during ejection take-off and landing are crucial for future pilot training and even later night take-off and landing.
At the same time, this can be regarded as starting training in advance. While the aircraft carrier is still being outfitted, preparations are made in advance so that the aircraft carrier can be directly docked for combat. This will also help speed up the connection and ensure the formation of combat capabilities as soon as possible. As mentioned above, catapult aircraft carriers are unfamiliar, and a lot of experience in use has to be started from scratch. This is incomparable with the decades of experience of Western and American aircraft carriers, which requires greater efforts to be made before this. By improving the supporting technical specifications and requirements, only by training and preparing in advance can we use it in a few years to complete the journey that has taken the West for more than ten years.From this point of view, it seems like the stupid bird flew first. This simulated land-based landing not only makes us look forward to the emergence of domestic carrier-based transport aircraft, but also has more expectations for the new aircraft carrier to quickly form a battle.
