산둥 항모전단, 필리핀해에서 일주일 동안 240회의 전투기 출격 기록

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일본 통합막료본부가 지난 화요일, 인민해방군 해군 산둥 항모전단이 필리핀해에서 일주일 동안 전투기 이착륙 240회, 헬기 이착륙 140회를 기록했다고 발표했네요. ( https://www.mod.go.jp/js/pdf/2024/p20240716_02.pdf ) 

해자대의 구축함 DD-108 JS 아케보노, DDG-174 JS 기리시마, 호위함 DE-230 진쓰가 (아마도 교대로) 7월 9일부터 지난 월요일까지 산둥 항모전단을 따라다녔다고 하네요. 산둥 항모전단은 여전히 필리핀해에 배치돼 있습니다. 

미야코지마 기준 남쪽-남동쪽으로 242마일 ~329마일 가량이 활동범위였고, 7월 9일엔 순양함, 구축함, 호위함 1척으로 구성돼 있었는데 7월 10일 고속전투지원함이 합류하고 7월 12일 순양함과 구축함 1척이 추가로 합류했네요. 

https://news.usni.org/2024/07/16/chinas-aircraft-carrier-shandong-launches-240-sorties-in-philippine-sea

China's Aircraft Carrier Shandong Launches 240 Sorties in Philippine Sea - USNI News

China’s Aircraft Carrier Shandong Launches 240 Sorties in Philippine Sea

DZIRHAN MAHADZIR

JULY 16, 2024 4:32 PM

CNS Shandong launches aircraft in the Philippine Sea. JMSDF Photo

China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy Shandong Carrier Strike Group conducted 240 fighter aircraft launches and recoveries and 140 helicopter take-offs and landings over the course of a week operating in the Philippine Sea, according to a Tuesday news release from Japan’s Joint Staff Office (JSO).
The CSG is still deployed in the area. On Tuesday, the JSO issued a release covering the daily location and composition of the Shandong CSG from July 9 to Monday. Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyers JS Akebono (DD-108) and JS Kirishima (DDG-174), and destroyer escort JS Jintsu (DE-230) shadowed the PLAN CSG, according to the JSO. The JMSDF ships likely deployed on a rotational basis to shadow the PLAN CSG rather than all three ships shadowing the CSG at the same time.

Tuesday’s release includes the day of the initial sighting of the Shandong CSG on July 9. Japan Air Self-Defense Force fighter aircraft scrambled in response to the carrier’s fighter launches.

The positions given by the release are by distance relative to Miyako Island in southwest Japan and include a map showing the Shandong’s CSG’s position each day. So far, the CSG has been operating largely in the same area east of the Luzon Strait between Taiwan and the Philippines’ main island of Luzon. This is a departure from last year’s late October to November deployment in the Philippine Sea, where the CSG also operated midway between the Philippines and Guam.

JMSDF Image

Details from the release are as follows:

July 9

Position: 335 miles southeast of Miyako Island
Carrier: CNS Shandong (17)
Cruiser: CNS Yan’an (106)
Destroyer: CNS Guilin (164)
Frigate: CNS Yuncheng (571)

July 10

Position: 267 miles southeast of Miyako IslandCarrier: Shandong
Cruiser: Yan’an
Destroyer: Guilin
Frigate: Yuncheng
Fast Combat Support Ship: CNS Chaganhu (905)

July 11

Position: 329 miles south of Miyako Island
Carrier: Shandong
Cruiser: Yan’an
Destroyer: Guilin
Frigate: Yuncheng
Fast Combat Support Ship: Chaganhu
 

July 12

Position: 248 miles southeast of Miyako Island
Carrier: Shandong
Cruisers: Yan’an and CNS Xianyang (108)
Destroyers: Guilin and CNS Zhanjiang (165)
Frigate: Yuncheng
Fast Combat Support Ship: Chaganhu

July 13

Position: 242 miles south of Miyako Island
Carrier: Shandong
Cruisers: Yan’an and Xianyang
Destroyers: Guilin and Zhanjiang
Frigate: Yuncheng
Fast Combat Support Ship: Chaganhu
 

July 14

Position: 273 miles southeast of Miyako Island
Carrier: Shandong
Cruiser: Yan’an
Destroyers: Guilin and Zhanjiang

July 15

Position: 267 miles south of Miyako Island
Carrier: Shandong
Cruisers: Yan’an and Xianyang
Destroyers: Guilin and Zhanjiang
Frigate: Yuncheng
Fast Combat Support Ship: Chaganhu

The Shandong CSG’s current deployment to the Philippine Sea is the first one it has conducted this year. Last year, the CSG deployed to the area three times, including a 19-day deployment in April, followed by a five-day deployment in September and a 12-day deployment from late October to early November.

Two Italian Navy F-35Bs fighters and a Italian Air Force KC-767 tanker prepare to depart Subang Airport, Malaysia on July 8 for Darwin, Australia to participate in the Royal Australian Air Force’s multinational Pitch Black 2024 exercise. USNI News Photo

Meanwhile, Italian Navy carrier ITS Cavour (550) is in Darwin, Australia with its air group participating in the Royal Australian Air Force’s multinational Pitch Black 2024 exercise, marking the first time a naval unit is participating in the biennial exercise. The exercise is taking place from July 12 through Aug. 2 in Northern Australia.

Cavour’s participation is a historic first and represents a significant milestone for Italy’s naval operations in the Indo-Pacific region, the Australian Department of Defense said in a news release.

“This is the first time that Italy has joined Exercise Pitch Black and the first time an aircraft carrier has participated,” Capt. Milos Argenton, Cavour’s commanding officer, said in the release. “The Cavour has travelled across the Atlantic and around Africa, but this is the first time it has travelled into the Indo-Pacific region.”

The Pitch Black exercise is a milestone for the CSG, as it recently declared initial operating capability for the F-35B Lightning II fighter, Italian CSG commander Rear Adm. Giancarlo Ciappina said in the release.

“Exercise Pitch Black is a milestone as we declare our initial operational aircraft capability, working alongside Australia. Learning to fly and work together is a massive achievement,” Ciappina said.

Both the Italian Air Force and Italian Navy operate the F-35Bs. Cavour has a mix of F-35Bs and AV-8B Harrier II fighters embarked on the carrier for a total of 13 embarked aircraft. The exact composition of the air group has not been disclosed.

Pitch Black will be the first operational activity for the carrier in its deployment to the Indo-Pacific, with the carrier escort only including frigate ITS Alpino (F594). Italy has also sent additional aircraft to take part in Pitch Black, including four Eurofighter Typhoons, four F-35As, two F-35Bs, a single G550 Airborne Early Warning and Control aircraft, three KC-767 tankers from the Italian Air Force and two F-35Bs from the Italian Navy flying to Australia with rest stops in Qatar, the Maldives and Malaysia.

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conducted 240 fighter aircraft launches and recoveries이라면, 이륙 120번 + 착륙 120번으로 봐야할까요? 일주일에 120번 이륙이면, 하루에 17번이네요. 고강도 전장에서 함대 방공이나 제대로 할 수 있으려나 싶습니다.
물론, 재래식 항모는 잠수함으로 잡는 것이 가장 쉽겠지만요.

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240번 뜨고 내린 것으로 봐야하지 않을까요?

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제목에는 sortie라고 나와있으니 240번 이착륙일 듯 합니다. 하루에 34번..

https://www.airpac.navy.mil/Organization/Carrier-Air-Wing-CVW-2/About-Us/History/

이 문서에 CVW-2가 33주 이상의 기간 동안 high tempo operation을 펼쳤고 13,000 소티 이상의 비행임무를 수행했다고 합니다. 13,000 소티 / 231일 = 56.2 소티 / 일 이네요.

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https://news.usni.org/2024/07/19/chinas-shandong-carrier-strike-group-wraps-up-10-day-philippine-sea-deployment

훈련이 종료됐는데 총/1일당 소티 횟수는 10일 중 9일 동안 280회 / 일 28.8회라고 합니다. 작년 10월, 11월 훈련에선 420회/12일로 일 35회였다고 하네요.