China’s Liaoning Carrier Clocks 630 Aircraft Sorties, Appears in New Locations in Western Pacific – Japan MoD
The PLA Navy’s Liaoning CSG (Carrier Strike Group), operating in the western Pacific’s SCS (South China Sea) since Sep. 17-18, 2024, saw approximately 130 take-offs and landings by carrier-based aircraft and around 90 helicopter operations from Sep. 27 to Oct. 1, the Japan MoD reported. This totalled 220 takeoffs and landings in the four-five day period.
For the entire duration between Sep. 20 and Oct. 1, the JMSDF (Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force), that sent its own warships to observe the Chinese flotilla, counted a total number 630 operations – fighters and helicopters combined. The Liaoning had clocked the figures prior to this in December 2022.
The Liaoning CSG first raised eyeballs when it passed through Japan’s Yonaguni and Iriomote islands, which are the southernmost features in its Ryukyu island chain that ends a little away from Taiwan’s northeastern waters. A map of its movement showed the naval armada spotted moving southwest into waters east of The Philippines towards the Celebes Sea, off its main island of Mindanao from Oct. 1 to Oct. 2.
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