The chief designer revealed 歼-15. Why was it named "Flying Shark"?

In fact, it was kept secret at that time, because the code names of our national military aircraft were kept secret, but the research and development of aircraft projects always had names, so we took the nickname "Flying Shark". This is the answer of Sun Cong, chief designer of Shenyang Aircraft Design Institute.

"flying shark"

The J-15, nicknamed "Flying Shark", is the first generation carrier-based fighter in China. It is a heavy-duty twin-engine carrier-based fighter. Undertaken by Shenyang Aircraft Industry Group, it is the fourth generation fighter. 歼-15 combines the following technologies 歼-11b. It is equipped with canards and folding wings, and the tail is equipped with carrier-based aircraft functions, such as tail hooks. The landing gear has high strength, and the front wheel can cater to the traction ejection mode like the US Navy carrier-based fighter. At the beginning of the design, the problem of catapult take-off was considered, and it will be deployed to the aircraft carrier Liaoning and the future domestic aircraft carrier.

Naming Rules for Military Aircraft in China

After 1987, China's aircraft model code and modification code were merged into one and expanded (including civil aircraft), which has the following significance:

Ambulance machine: rescue (a)

Target machine: target (b)

Reconnaissance plane: reconnaissance (c)

Electronic countermeasure machine: electricity (D)

Monitoring: measurement (e)

Anti-submarine aircraft: anti (F)

Early warning aircraft: police (g)

Bomber: H.

Fighter: J.

Passenger plane: passenger (k)

Trainer: Practice (L)

Agricultural machinery: agriculture (n)

VTOL aircraft: vertical

Strike plane: strong (q)

Tanker: Oil (R)

Seaplane: water

Special machine: special (t)

Torpedo machine: fish (u)

Micro (light) machine: micro (w)

Glider: Item (X)

Transport plane: transport (y)

Helicopter: straight line (z)

Armed helicopter: (WZ)

In addition, JH-7 is nicknamed Flying Leopard in China and FBC- 1 abroad. Qi Chao is nicknamed Xiaolong at home and FC- 1 abroad.