Shenyang J-15
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Key facts
- Type
- Carrier-based multirole fighter
- National origin
- China
- Manufacturer
- Shenyang Aircraft Corporation
- Status
- In service / In production
- Primary user
- People's Liberation Army Naval Air Force
- Number built
- 116+
- Manufactured
- 2006–present
- Introduction date
- J-15: December 2013 , J-15S: July 2022 , J-15T/J-15D: October 2024
- First flight
- J-15: 31 August 2009 , J-15S: 3 November 2012 , J-15T: July 2016 , J-15D: October 2016
- Developed from
- T-10K , Shenyang J-11B
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- Sukhoi Su-33
- Country of origin
- China
- Manufacturer
- Shenyang Aircraft Corporation
- Image
- HK view PLANS Shandong (CV-17) 山東艦航母編隊 visiting Hong Kong July 2025 74.jpg
- Has use
- carrier-capable airplane
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- Commons category
- Shenyang J-15
- first flight
- 2009-08-31
- capital cost
- 61000000
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Encyclopedic overview
The Shenyang J-15 (Chinese: 歼-15; pinyin: Jiān-Shíwǔ), also known as Feisha (Chinese: 飞鲨; pinyin: fēi shā; lit. 'Flying Shark'; NATO reporting name: Flanker-X2, Flanker-K) is a Chinese all-weather, twin-engine, carrier-based 4.5 generation multirole fighter aircraft developed by the Shenyang Aircraft Corporation (SAC) and the 601 Institute, specifically for the People's Liberation Army Naval Air Force (PLANAF) to serve on People's Liberation Army Navy's (PLAN) aircraft carriers.
The aircraft entered active service with the PLAN in 2013. An improved variant, named J-15T, incorporating CATOBAR launch capability, modern fifth-generation avionics, entered active service in the South China Sea in October 2024.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Shenyang J-15” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.