The Type 003 Fujian, commissioned into the People’s Liberation Army Navy earlier in November, will be stationed at China’s Yulin Naval Base in southern Hainan—overlooking the South China Sea.

Key Points and Summary - China’s PLAN announced its first at-sea EM catapult launches and arrested landings from the Type 003 carrier Fujian, using J-15T fighters, the stealthy J-35B, and KJ-600 AEW ...

The Fujian marks a new phase for China’s naval aviation capability.

Ma, father of the carrier's electromagnetic launch system, is among a select few at the vessel's commissioning ceremony ...

According to a report from the South China Morning Post, the advanced warship could be home ported at the Yulin Naval Base near Sanya, on Hainan Island. Last week, the People’s Liberation Army Navy ...

China's Type 003 Fujian class of aircraft carrriers is conventionally powered. Credit: China Defense Ministry Amid the hoopla around the Zhuhai Airshow last year, a key moment passed almost unnoticed.

Xinhua News Agency reports that the Chinese navy has had take off arrested landing tests of the J-15T, J-35 fighter jets and the KJ-600 early warning and command aircraft with a electromagnetic ...

Displacing more than 80,000 tons, the Type 003 Fujian is the largest warship built in the People’s Republic of China (PRC), and it is also the first catapult-equipped carrier to enter service with the ...

After Fujian was commissioned on November 5, China now operates a fleet of three aircraft carriers. This makes the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) the world's second-largest operator of carriers.

China’s newest aircraft carrier, the Fujian, has sailed through the Taiwan Strait, the navy confirmed on Friday. The body of water separates China from Taiwan, the self-governing island that Beijing ...

A still image from the CCTV documentary showing the view from the Fujian carrier's "bubble," with deployed blast deflectors and a J-15T visible. Credit: CCTV SINGAPORE—China's People’s Liberation Army ...