Key Points and Summary: China's J-15 "Flying Shark," its first operational carrier-based fighter, was developed by reverse-engineering an unfinished Su-33 (the carrier version of the Su-27) prototype ...
Tokyo has protested the close approaches of Shenyang J-15 fighters to its patrol aircraft during a unique joint deployment of China’s two operational aircraft carriers to the Western Pacific. The ...
A PLAN Shenyang J-15 carrier-borne fighter aircraft flies next to a Japan Lockheed P-3C maritime patrol aircraft on 8 June 2025. (Japanese MoD) A Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) Lockheed ...