Following the collision between the "Seawolf" class nuclear submarine and the unknown object, the US Navy "dropped the plane and lost people" in the South China Sea at the end of last month, and more importantly, this fell not an ordinary aircraft, but the F-35C that the United States has made great efforts to study. Obviously, this first actual battle fell into the South China Sea, and in the future deployment and actual combat, I am afraid that the soldiers will have a shadow. However, it is worth noting that the United States still wants to make up for this accident, this is not, recently a US website published an article, mainly on the "Carl Vinson" in the crash after the resumption of carrier-based aircraft take-off and landing in 45 minutes.
According to the description of the article, after the F-35C hit the landing area, the aircraft carrier's blocking cable was directly torn off, and the deck and catapult orbit were also covered with debris and dirt, and there were other aircraft flying in the air at this time. Obviously, the situation on the deck of the aircraft carrier is very bad, and the subsequent take-off and landing of these aircraft has also been greatly affected. The U.S. Navy's ability to quickly mitigate losses and keep the Carl Vinson up and running within 45 minutes does deserve our attention.
So, what did the U.S. Navy do in those 45 minutes? Specifically, it can be divided into two areas: aircraft carrier deck and aerial refueling. As we said earlier, the F-35C made a mess of the carrier deck before the crash, and only by handling all this and flying in the air can other aircraft land as soon as possible. Therefore, the relevant personnel on the aircraft carrier need to immediately replace the four blocking cables that have been torn, conduct multiple walks on the flight deck to check the damage, and ensure that foreign debris and residual debris have been cleaned up.
As for the part of aerial refueling, it is necessary to ensure that other aircraft waiting for the ship in the air have sufficient endurance. According to this report, the US Navy catapulted a "super Hornet" that can perform aerial refueling missions, mount four auxiliary fuel tanks, and under the belly of the aircraft is a refueling pod. Of course, in addition, it is also possible to send aircraft carriers or other ships that can transfer fighters, after all, a certain number of fighters were also transferred to the "Abraham Lincoln" aircraft carrier at that time.
In addition, pilots who ejected and escaped when the F-35C crashed into the sea needed to be rescued by helicopters patrolling the air. According to the report, after the helicopter rescued people, in order to avoid affecting other finishing work on the flight deck, it landed directly on the elevator of the aircraft carrier. On the whole, the US Navy completed this series of actions in 45 minutes, which is indeed a quick response.
It is estimated that after everyone sees here, they will definitely have an idea, if we have a similar accident, can we also restore the take-off and landing capability of the aircraft carrier within 45 minutes? To be honest, this inspection of the deck situation and the cleaning of foreign debris does not have too much technical content, and as long as the staff on our aircraft carrier is properly trained, there should be no problem. So to answer this question, the factors we need to consider should be the blocking cable, tanker and rescue helicopter.
Speaking of blocking cables, there are few countries that can be manufactured at present, and we have fully realized independent manufacturing. Therefore, in the case that the blocking cable is not "stuck in the neck", we naturally have the conditions to replace the blocking cable. Some people may say that if there is no spare, it is also a waste. What needs to be known is that the blocking cable is a very important existence for aircraft carriers and carrier-based aircraft, the US Navy will pull several rolls of blocking cables before each time it goes to sea, and even special blocking cable manufacturing machines and semi-finished products will also be on the ship, and our army has always been safe and attaches importance to safety, how can it ignore the backup blocking cable. Therefore, there is not much problem in replacing the blocking cable.
Our air force has the Fuel-6, Il-78 and the Oil-20, which has only appeared in the past two years, while the Navy cannot carry large tankers due to the limited load and deck size of the aircraft carrier, and there is currently a lack of carrier-based refueling tankers. However, our "flying shark" has also been practicing partner refueling technology for many years, so if such a situation occurs, the J-15 can hang up a refueling pod to refuel the aircraft waiting for the ship. By the way, the endurance of the J-15 with the UPAZ series of pods can be increased by about 1 hour, and in order to ensure that all aircraft can refuel, we can send more J-15s with refueling capabilities.
As for the helicopter to save the pilot, it is not to mention, after all, both the Liaoning ship and the Shandong ship have helicopters. In addition, as the "knife guard" of the aircraft carrier, the helicopter carried on the 055 destroyer can also rescue the pilot and allow other aircraft to descend if there is enough deck space. So on the whole, we also have the ability to damage the tube, but also can restore the normal operation of the aircraft carrier, but to say that the time range is unknown, after all, high strength, high toughness, strong resistance to the domestic blocking rope in hand, we do not have the opportunity to calculate the time, of course, I hope that there will be no future.