According to an article written by the official website of the Naval Aviation University, a competition about my country's " transport aircraft formation solo flight competition assessment under the new landing type actual combat background" recently kicked off at an airport in North China.
According to the content of the article, it can be known that this assessment has made a big breakthrough compared with the previous training model, achieving multiple subjects and multiple combat sorties.
It is worth mentioning that when the members participating in the competition formed the team, they were not in the previous student mode, but according to the standard of "combatants", and the subject difficulty and time of this competition were increased, completely close to the actual combat organization of transport aircraft Land-based simulated ship landing.
It can be said that whether it is a low-altitude project or a flight project, they are implemented to the highest standards, and then the flight technology and tactical level of the team members are examined, as well as the cooperation with the crew resource management ability.
Officially stated that this time the competition assessment is conducted at a level closer to actual combat in order to achieve a close connection between the school and the army, and strive to enable every student to better learn and demonstrate skills.
According to an article published by China Military Network , although the Naval Aviation University was only established in 2017, it is the result of the combination of two prestigious schools, the Naval Aviation College and the Naval Aviation Engineering College . It is also the result of the training of our country. An important school for coastal defense, naval aviation , junior commanders, and intermediate commanders.
At the same time, it is also a higher education institution for my country's flight officers, air combat service officers, aerospace engineering and technical officers and even staff officers.
Even this school is an important source of the construction of combat effectiveness of our country's coastal defense force, naval aviation force, etc. It is not difficult to see the importance of this school to our country's navy. It is not an exaggeration to call it a school for the children of the navy.
As for the practical teaching method of such a school, people can see that our country’s naval strength can be expected in the future. From this competition and assessment, the outside world also saw an important message. From the reports The accompanying picture shows that some students completed the assessment flying a fixed-wing transport aircraft. Is this the arrival of Chinese carrier-based transport aircraft?
Regarding the importance of carrier-based transport aircraft to aircraft carriers and carrier-based combat power groups, some media articles stated that the difference from carrier-based fighter aircraft is that carrier-based transport aircraft on aircraft carriers are often ignored by the public. It can be seen from In terms of function, the importance of transport aircraft to aircraft carriers is no less important than that of carrier-based fighter jets, early warning aircraft and other aircraft participating in combat.
Regarding the importance of carrier-based transport aircraft on aircraft carriers, my country's well-known military commentator Song Zhongping once introduced it, pointing out that carrier-based transport aircraft are standard equipment for countries with straight-deck aircraft carriers. The maintenance role is of greater significance to the logistics work of the aircraft carrier.
Large carrier-based transport aircraft have incomparable and unattainable advantages in terms of speed, load capacity, and range.
The U.S. military has decades of experience in the development of large aircraft carrier-based transport aircraft. At present, the latest large aircraft carrier-based transport aircraft in the United States, the " Osprey ", uses a rotor design. The biggest highlight of this design The engine can be rotated vertically to the ground.
Relevant experts pointed out that the design advantage of the rotor is not only that it can achieve "vertical takeoff and landing", but that in addition to being able to take off and land on the aircraft carrier, it can also take off and land on the amphibious assault ship . The US military's "Osprey" is indeed advanced and has advantages, but it also has many shortcomings, such as high use and maintenance costs, and a relatively high accident rate.
Although the fixed-wing transport aircraft recently used by my country's Naval Aviation University in the assessment is of a satisfactory type, it also shows that our country currently attaches great importance to aircraft carrier-based large transport aircraft.
Although the fixed-wing transport aircraft may not necessarily be the carrier-based transport aircraft used by the People's Liberation Army in the end, it does not affect the purpose and significance of this competition assessment at the Naval Aviation University, which is to verify our country's transport aircraft landing technology and the training of pilots. Focus on training.
The reason why we attach great importance to the skills of aircraft carrier-based large transport aircraft pilots is because the difficulty of training carrier-based transport aircraft pilots is much higher than carrier-based helicopter .
Because the larger the aircraft, the less flexible it becomes, so the difficulty of taking off and landing of transport aircraft is much higher than that of fighter aircraft or carrier-based transport helicopters.
military commentator Song Zhongping said that this competition assessment at the Naval Aviation University is enough to prove that our country has made simulated transport aircraft landings one of the key assessment projects. This also shows that our country is cultivating and looking for such talents. It has become systematic and normalized. This is to reserve more talents for our country to put transport aircraft on board and continuously consolidate relevant skills.
This is an important symbol of the improvement of our country's national defense strength in the future. It not only doubles people's confidence in our country's national defense strength, but is also a strength worthy of making all Chinese people proud.
