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Preface
A few days ago, the news of the Fujian's first voyage test swept the headlines of major media across the country, and the masses of the people were all overjoyed.
More than 10 years ago, the mainland's navy would have been subservient to Japan in its eyes on Asia, and it was not worth mentioning compared with Europe and the United States, but more than 10 years later, the mainland now has three aircraft carriers, and all kinds of destroyers are produced like dumplings.
Today, China's navy has become the world's second largest naval force after the US Navy.
But just when the people of the whole country were immersed in joy, another remark appeared on the Internet, that there was still a big gap between the Chinese and US naval forces.
Moreover, this gap not only refers to the gap in equipment, but also the gap in personnel, and the most typical example is the gap between the pilots of carrier-based aircraft of the two countries.
Carrier-based aircraft pilots
Carrier-based aircraft pilots are part of the naval aviation and are mainly responsible for piloting various types of aircraft on aircraft carriers to provide support and cover for the overall operations of the navy.
Carrier-based aircraft can perform a variety of combat missions such as air defense, anti-submarine, and anti-ship in battle, and are also the patron saint of aircraft carriers.
Without the cover and sorties of carrier-based aircraft, aircraft carriers will not only fail to form effective combat effectiveness, but will even become a live target at sea.
Since carrier-based aircraft are so important, the importance of the pilots responsible for piloting carrier-based aircraft is also self-evident.
Piloting carrier-based aircraft to carry out various tasks requires extremely strong technology, and if nothing else, taking off and landing from the deck of an aircraft carrier alone will eliminate a large number of pilots.
Not only that, pilots also need to master a series of difficult aerial combat, bomb dropping, missile launches and other techniques, but also need to maintain a high degree of environmental sensitivity all year round.
None of these tests can be withstood by ordinary pilots, and some data have shown that the risks borne by a carrier-based aircraft pilot are more than 20 times that of an ordinary pilot, and the manpower and material resources spent on training a carrier-based aircraft pilot are also unimaginable.
If there is a shortage of enough qualified carrier-based aircraft pilots, they will inevitably suffer in all-out naval and air operations, and this is best reflected in the Pacific War.
At the beginning of the Pacific War, the reason why the Japanese army was able to form an advantage over the US military was because the Japanese army had been planning for a long time before the war and had already reserved a large number of excellent carrier-based aircraft pilots.
Sina Military, 2005-05-01, "More than 1,300 Ace Pilots Produced in the United States in World War II"
On the other hand, the U.S. military was not adequately prepared before the war, and the number and quality of pilots obviously lagged behind the Japanese army, so it was always passively beaten at the beginning of the war.
However, in the later stages of the war, the Japanese lost a large number of well-trained carrier-based aircraft pilots in a series of naval battles such as Midway.
However, the US military recruited pilots throughout the country and promptly replenished a large number of excellent carrier-based aircraft pilots, thus enabling a complete reversal of the air forces of the two sides.
In the last two years of the war, Japanese pilots often lost when they encountered US planes in the air, which is the best manifestation of the quality of pilots on both sides.
Since carrier-based pilots are so important, where is the gap between carrier-based pilots in China and the United States? Is it that the mainland's pilots are inferior to each other?
Chinese and American carrier-based aircraft pilots
The mainland navy has long been well aware of the tremendous role of carrier-based aircraft pilots in modern naval warfare, so it can be said that in the selection of carrier-based aircraft pilots, it can be said that the selection of carrier-based aircraft pilots is strictly selected at all levels, and the best of the best are selected.
The selected seedlings have been subjected to hundreds of physical tests since high school, and if they fail one of them, they will be eliminated immediately.
In addition, these candidates must not only participate in flight training when they are in college, but also maintain good grades in cultural courses, and also participate in physical training from time to time.
If you want to become an active carrier-based aircraft pilot, the requirements will be more stringent, not only requiring you to pass a series of assessments with full honors, but also to have a long enough flight time and experience in flying third-generation fighters.
The pilots of carrier-based aircraft selected after such a rigorous selection process are naturally the elite of the elite, and they will certainly not lose to American pilots in terms of quality alone.
The gap does exist, but not in quality, but in quantity, according to statistics, the number of carrier-based aircraft pilots in China is currently about 200 people, while the US military has more than 1200 people.
This huge quantitative gap is irreparable by quality, which means that if war breaks out, the US carrier-based aircraft are likely to overwhelm the mainland by virtue of their numerical superiority.
What is the reason for the huge gap in the number of carrier-based aircraft pilots between China and the United States?
Globe Times New Media, 2020-08-14, "Foreign Media: Three Aircraft Carriers and Three Amphibious Assault Ships, Chinese Navy Carrier-based Aircraft Pilots Are in Great Demand"
The U.S. Navy built its first aircraft carrier in 1922 and has a strong foundation in the construction of aircraft carriers, and today the U.S. Navy has eleven aircraft carriers, which is unmatched in the world.
In order to maintain sufficient combat effectiveness for all 11 aircraft carrier battle groups, the US military naturally needs a sufficient number of carrier-based aircraft pilots on standby.
In contrast to the U.S. military, China did not have its first aircraft carrier until more than a decade ago, and until now we have only three aircraft carriers, which is dwarfed by the U.S. military.
Three aircraft carriers means that we do not need so many carrier-based aircraft pilots at present, and even if we do, we will not be able to form enough combat effectiveness in a short period of time.
In addition, the US military has long formed its own system for the training of carrier-based aircraft pilots.
Their carrier-based aircraft pilots were first trained in the civil aviation school, and after passing the examination, they were selected to be trained at the naval base, and this system has trained countless outstanding carrier-based aircraft pilots for the US military.
Huge potential
Although the number of carrier-based aircraft pilots on the mainland is inferior to that of the United States, this does not mean that the US military cannot surpass it; on the contrary, there is tremendous potential in the training of carrier-based aircraft pilots under the mainland.
The mainland has abundant human resources, and the system of compulsory education for all people is being practiced, and the cultural literacy of the masses is constantly improving.
On the other hand, in the United States, not only is its human resources inferior to that of the mainland, but a large number of illiterate and obese people alone have eliminated a large number of young people of school-age.
The productivity is strong enough, which means that sooner or later the mainland will be able to produce more ships, carrier-based aircraft, and training aircraft, which will have a great effect on the training of pilots, while the United States on the other side of the ocean is suffering from the hollowing out of its industry.
The gap in the number of carrier-based aircraft pilots between China and the United States is like the gap between the navies of the two countries; although it exists, with the change of the comprehensive national strength of the two countries, this gap will continue to narrow and eventually be erased.
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