Source record CMC Political Work Department · 2026-05-10

Happy 13th Birthday to the Naval Carrier-Based Aviation Force!

海军舰载航空兵部队，13岁生日快乐！

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到航母甲板上的“刀尖起舞” 今天，这支部队13岁了！ 2013年5月10日经中央军委批准海军首支舰载航空兵部队在渤海湾畔正式组建我国海军战斗序列又增添一支新型主战力量 2012年11月23日歼-15舰载战斗机首次在辽宁舰上成功起降 “飞鲨”奋飞海天 2016年歼-15舰载战斗机首次发射反舰导弹 12月随辽宁舰航母编队赴西太平洋海域开展远海训练中国舰载战斗机第一次飞翔在西太平洋 2017年攻克夜间起降技术难关 2020年首次完成夜间空中伙伴加油训练 2023年随山东舰航母编队赴西太平洋海域训练 2024年10月，辽宁舰、山东舰编队首次开展双航母编队演练。 2024年10月辽宁舰、山东舰编队首次开展双航母编队演练歼-15战机组成楔形编队飞过双航母编队上空歼-15T舰载战斗机在海军福建舰电磁弹射起飞，歼-35舰载战斗机正在进行起飞准备。歼-35舰载战斗机在海军福建舰电磁弹射起飞，这是战机离舰瞬间。空警-600舰载预警机在海军福建舰电磁弹射起飞，这是战机离舰瞬间。 2025年歼-15T、歼-35和空警-600三型舰载机完成在福建舰上首次弹射起飞和着舰训练 …… 从单机到体系从岸基到舰基从滑跃到弹射从能飞到能战一串串时间节点一项项技术突破勾勒出这支部队13年来的成长轨迹但书写这些历史的从来不是冷冰冰的数字而是一群把生命交给海天的人一代代“刀尖上的舞者” 以热血与担当不断突破实战实训“禁区” 从“能飞能上舰” 到“能战能联合” 敢打必胜、勇攀高峰就是他们的血性 13载劈波斩浪 13载奋飞逐梦这支年轻而英勇的部队以“海空铁拳”的姿态守护着祖国的万里海疆今天，让我们一起说一声：人民海军舰载航空兵部队 13岁，生日快乐！

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China's naval carrier-based aviation force marked its 13th anniversary on May 10, 2025, with a PLA media retrospective cataloguing the force's progression from its formal establishment on the shores of Bohai Bay in 2013 through a series of declared firsts: the J-15's inaugural carrier landing aboard Liaoning in 2012, first anti-ship missile launch in 2016, first Western Pacific deployment, first dual-carrier formation exercise in October 2024, and—most significantly—the first catapult takeoff and arrested landing training aboard Fujian by the J-15T, J-35, and KJ-600 airborne early warning aircraft in 2025. The confirmation that all three next-generation carrier aircraft types have now conducted catapult operations aboard Fujian is the most operationally significant disclosure in the piece, indicating that Fujian's air wing integration is advancing across strike, multirole, and airborne early warning missions simultaneously, which directly bears on assessments of when the carrier will achieve meaningful operational readiness.

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Source text. CMC Political Work Department. "海军舰载航空兵部队，13岁生日快乐！." PLA Daily (解放军报), 2026-05-10. http://www.81.cn/hj_208557/16459619.html.

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