The Varyag Now Receives China's Mach 2.2 Naval Fighters

China, on 25 November 2012, announced that its new aircraft carrier CV-16 Liaoning, the former unfinished 57,000 to Soviet Varyag, had successfully experienced its first takeoff and landing. The jet used in this significant event was their new Mach 2.4 capable Shenyang Aircraft Corporation’s J-15 “Flying Shark”, powered by twin FWS-10H turbofan jet engines. The photographs in this book are courtesy of China’s Central Television.