This iconic image of a “shooter” in action, popularized in the American film “Top Gun,” encapsulates Chinese aspirations for national success. (1) One carrier image in particular has caught the Chinese public’s imagination: that of a launch officer’s signal to release the wheels and send the aircraft racing down the runway.
Ericson and Collin described the first takeoff and landing, saying that China exceeded the expectations of many foreign observers regarding timelines for the practical use of the Chinese aircraft carrier. On the weekend in the fourth week of November, CCTV first broadcasted that J-15 landed and took off again on the aircraft carrier.
American experts on Chinese military affairs, Andrew Erickson and Gabe Collin contributed an article titled “China Aircraft Carrier Style!” to the American newspaper The Wall Street Journal dated the 27th, commentating about that an Chinese J-15 fighter succeeded in taking off from and landing on China’s first aircraft carrier Liaoning.
