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information Figure: Kuznetsov aircraft carrier data for: Li Yan, pictures from the Internet

with the Chinese Navy’s future aircraft carrier

Morning Post correspondent Chen Liangfei

Video: China’s first aircraft carrier in the latest Dalian construction screen exposure

8 January, the PLA Army.

“Kuznetsov” aircraft carrier docked at the Dalian Shipyard quietly in the dock, attitude still. If it is safe from the date of arrival, Dalian, there are already nine years time; if it is dragged into the dock of Dalian Shipyard the first workshop as a starting point, six-year time passed.

7 27, the Defense Ministry spokesman’s remarks sparked a burst of waves, beat the dock where the “Kuznetsov” was. Day, the spokesman announced that China is now using an aircraft carrier platform used to transform, for research testing and training. This aircraft carrier is the “Kuznetsov” was.

Although the Defense Ministry spokesman has repeatedly stressed the “Kuznetsov” was out to sea trial a specific time yet, “according to the progress of the project to determine,” but outside speculation for the time never stops . Sea trial date from July 1, the initial guess of the August 1 Army Day, the latest argument is to give 62 as a National Day gift. In recent days, the aircraft carrier deck are continuously reduced, and wore dark blue uniforms, wearing a white hat who continued to increase, in uniform lined up on the deck or distributed queue situation continued to increase, these people should be served on the future aircraft carrier The sailors who, in the transformation of the carrier at the same time training for sea trials as early as possible. July 31 17 am, there are two hundred people lined up in uniform on the deck, about half an hour after the dissolution. A source close to the military authorities told reporters that he heard the news of sea trials in August, but not necessarily the day on August 1, may also be in late.

addition to the mystery of the sea trial date, China’s first aircraft carrier captain is a mystery candidate. July 27 afternoon, in the face of the first Chinese carrier to determine whether the candidates questioning the captain, the Defense Ministry spokesman, said Geng Yansheng responded, “As for the future aircraft carrier captain’s choice, I think, when we know.”

Post reporter from an authoritative source confirming the first “pilot captain course” one of the students have been identified as the Li Xiaoyan Ji “Kuznetsov” aircraft carrier’s first captain, equipped with three other vice captain, The appointment earlier this year issued by the Navy Command. The authorities also said that the appointment system is not a secret in the Navy, in March this year a lot of people already know, “Li Yan did the first aircraft carrier captain’s first choice, this is no doubt.” “Li Yan and Another six or seven in 2008, when an internal study into the Guangzhou Naval Academy, arrived in Dalian in December 2010, is now responsible for carrier related work has already begun. “The authorities introduced China’s first aircraft carrier is currently vested in the direct jurisdiction of the Navy Command, action should be reported to the Central Military Commission approval levels are now at the division level, Li Xiaoyan, now rank is colonel. “Aircraft carrier battle groups which are not yet in service to the fleet, the future of the East China Sea, North Sea or the South China Sea Fleet of the three possibilities exist.” The source said.

1987 In August, the Central Military Commission at the Guangzhou Naval Academy opened the first and only term “pilot captain course.” The class started a total of 10 participants, from the North Sea, the East China Sea, South China Sea Fleet Air Force and three Navy Flight School, a fighter pilot, a bomber pilot, but also transport pilot, flight time per person varies. One of them students learn more difficult, and later had to return to the original units, and finally graduated from the nine people, including Li Xiaoyan and Bo Yaoping.

Li Xiaoyan and Bo Yaoping from the “pilot captain course” of development experience after graduation is very similar, the two served as captain of frigate, destroyer captain and other positions, has also been to Russia Kuznetsov Naval Command College.

public information, July 1961, Li Yan was born in Changchun, in July 1979 by the cadet exam to enter the second Air Force Preparatory School. In August 1987 in Guangzhou Naval Academy, “the pilot captain course” before, Li Yan has served as the flight squadron leader. After graduation, Li Xiaoyan, the South China Sea Fleet destroyers assigned to the second detachment, he has been “Nanning” destroyer captain, deputy trainee, “Nanchang” Vice-captain of the destroyer; during which former “Jiangmen” frigate captain, and served as “Shenzhen” destroyer ship long.

2000, when he was “Shenzhen” trainee ship captain Li Xiaoyan and his comrades realized the Chinese naval fleet for the first time and through the three oceans (Pacific, Indian Ocean, Atlantic Ocean), for the first time crossing the Indian Ocean, for the first time visit the African continent, for the first time past the Cape of Good Hope record.

According to “China’s Navy,” reported in May 2007, the ninth when Ren Nanhai Fleet destroyer detachment of Li Xiaoyan, deputy chief of detachment went to Singapore to participate in the Western Pacific Naval Symposium Multilateral Sea Exercise the Second and the Fourth tactical training center online training. There were 12 countries participated in the exercise, as the Chinese Li Yan participating ship commanders.

and Li Xiaoyan, another familiar military source told Oriental Morning Post, in his recollection, Lee is very smart, capable, clear-headed of doing things, “the naval officer I know inside, no one more appropriate than his, while another is also very suitable Baiyao Ping is currently the vice president of the Dalian Naval, is responsible for training new seedling for the future aircraft carrier fleet reserve personnel. ”

carrier is only the beginning, this one after the storm the ship can withstand the important task of building a strong navy it? Or maybe we will throw in too much hope on the ship, but after all, to go beyond it?

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