
Following upgrades and additional training in late 2018, Chinese state media announced that the ship would shift to a combat role in 2019. The first aircraft carrier commissioned into the People's Liberation Army Navy Surface Force, she was originally classified as a training ship, intended to allow the Navy to experiment, train and gain familiarity with aircraft carrier operations. Liaoning ( 16 Chinese: 辽宁舰 pinyin: Liáoníng Jiàn) is a Chinese Type 001 aircraft carrier. Total of 40 fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft.

General characteristics for Liaoning after refit Type 001, Kuznetsov-class aircraft carrier

General characteristics for Varyag as originally designed ( Simplified Chinese:保卫祖国,勇争第一):Defend the motherland, strive to be the first. The aircraft carrier Liaoning in Hong Kong in 2017Ĭity of Riga, Latvia (1988) then Varyag, named for the Varangians (1990), the name Varyag was then adopted by another cruiser.
