Chinese aircraft carrier formations Liaoning and Shandong have carried out a dual aircraft carrier formation exercise for the first time in the South China Sea, according to China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy.
Aiming to enhance the integrated combat capability of aircraft carrier formations, the exercise was part of the Liaoning aircraft carrier formation’s regular high seas real combat training, which was completed recently.
The training was carried out in waters including the Yellow Sea, the East China Sea and the South China Sea, characterized by various themes under real combat circumstances, the navy said.
Liaoning, China’s first aircraft carrier, was delivered and commissioned to the PLA Navy in September 2012.
Source: https://www.chinahoje.net/marinha-chinesa-conduz-exercicio-de-formacao-de-duplo-porta-avioes-pela-primeira-vez/
