Rank 59 in the Aviation Heroes collection, this print treats the Shenyang J-15 Flying Shark as China's first mature carrierborne fighter — not as a generic twin-tail silhouette on white. Developed by Shenyang Aircraft Corporation from the Su-33 lineage for STOBAR operations aboard CNS Liaoning and Shandong, the J-15 entered PLAN Naval Air Force service in 2013 when the first 24 airframes joined the Carrier Fighter Group. The 1st Carrier Aviation Brigade carries the Flying Shark nickname and the shark-fin art that deck photographers recognise from ski-jump launches across the Western Pacific. Here the carrier Flanker flies clean: PL-12 missiles on the wings, 113 markings on the tails, tailhook deployed, and that unmistakable naval Flanker planform collectors spot from a carrier gallery.