October 31, 201510 yr China has deployed PLANAF J-11 fighters to Woody Island (Phu Lam Island to Vietnam), largest island of the Paracels in the East Vietnam Sea. No reaction yet from the Vietnamese government (looking for a Chinese link probably from www.81.cn , photo showing J-11 with air-to-air loadout (2xPL-8+2xPL-15) landing in Phu Lam).
October 31, 201510 yr Author Perhaps a fake news report, same photo I saw but text says nothing about the deployement: http://www.81.cn/syjdt/2015-10/31/content_6747809_5.htm
November 4, 201510 yr Author Presence of J-11BH (land-based naval variant of J-11B) of the 25th Naval Aviation Regiment confirmed in this site, 31 october 2015 news (I found this Chinese site some years ago, but forget about it), and the site says "Don't get too excited though -- the 25th has done this sort of things since the mid 2000s with their older J-8IIs" : http://china-defense.com/ YongXing Island is the same Woody Island: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woody_Island_(South_China_Sea)
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