Shenyang J-15 China's Mach 2.4 Capable 4.5th Generation Fighter Surprises the World in November 2012 By Making Landings & Takeoffs on Their Aircraft Carrier CV-16 Liaoning (ex-Soviet Varyag) China, on 25 November 2012, announced that its new aircraft carrier CV-16 Liaoning, the former unfinished 57,000 to Soviet Varyag, had successfully experienced its first takeoff and landing. The jet used in this significant event was their new Mach 2.4 capable Shenyang Aircraft Corporation's J-15 "Flying Shark", powered by twin FWS-10H turbofan jet engines. The photographs in this book are courtesy of China's Central Television. Written and compiled by David Myhra PhD and published by Robert Walters of RCW Technology & E Book Publishing.