By Zhou Xiaoyu, Liu Zhedong and Sun Haowei
BEIJING, July 23 -- The PLA Dalian Naval Academy and Naval Aviation University recently conducted a joint day-night ship-aircraft coordination exercise. This event marks the first-ever cross-academy training under combat scenarios jointly held between the PLA naval academies, exploring a new path for joint training cooperation between naval academies.
The PLA Dalian Naval Academy dispatched several vessels to the training, while the Naval Aviation University deployed several types of shipborne helicopters, jointly executing ship-aircraft tactical coordination, combat search and rescue (SAR) operations, target identification and other subjects.
During the exercise, the vessels and helicopters accomplished various tasks through highly efficient collaboration under complicated sea conditions, with the former offering target designation for the latter and the latter providing air support for the former.
Next, based on the results of day-night deck landing training exercise, the two academies will progressively introduce advanced naval aviation training subjects such as vertical replenishment, helicopter in-flight refueling and multi-aircraft collaborated SAR operations.
