Two pilots assigned to an aviation brigade of the air force under the PLA Southern Theater Command sit in the cockpit of a J-10 fighter jet awaiting takeoff during an aerial combat flight training exercise on November 28, 2019.

A JL-9 fighter trainer attached to an aviation brigade with the PLA Air Force Xi'an Flight Academy deploys its drogue parachute to slow itself when taxing down the runway during a solo flight training exercise in late October, 2019.

A J-10 fighter jet attached to an aviation brigade of the air force under the PLA Southern Theater Command takes off from the runway for an air combat flight training exercise on November 28, 2019.

A cluster of Mi-171 transport helicopters attached to an army aviation brigade under the PLA Xizang Military Command lift off for a round-the-clock high-altitude flight training exercise in Xizang Autonomous Region on November 28, 2019.

A close range air-to-air missile is deployed by a Su-30 fighter jet during the round-the-clock live-fire training conducted by a naval aviation brigade under the PLA Eastern Theater Command in late November, 2019.

A JH-7 fighter-bomber attached to an aviation brigade of the air force under the PLA Southern Theater Command soars over the sky during a flight training exercise on November 19.

A JL-9 fighter trainer attached to the PLA Naval Aviation University takes off for flight training in Hebei province recently.

A surface-to-air missile is fired from a missile launcher by the air force under the PLA Southern Theater Command during a round-the-clock air defense training exercise on November 13, 2019.

Air-defense missiles stand sheer under the spectacular night sky. Recently, an air-defense brigade under the PLA Xizang Military Command conducts live-fire training in Qing–Zang Plateau area at an elevation of 4,500 meters.

The guided-missile destroyer Shenzhen (Hull 167) attached to a destroyer flotilla of the navy under the PLA Southern Theater Command carries out real combat training exercise in the middle of November.

Three helicopters attached to a brigade under the PLA 76th Group Army fly at lower altitudes during a flight training exercise in mid-November, 2019.

A main battle tank (MBT) attached to a division under the PLA Xinjiang Military Command spits fire down range at mock targets during a live-fire test in northwest China’s Gobi desert on November 1, 2019.

Two PLZ-05 self-propelled gun-howitzer systems attached to a brigade under the PLA 78th Group Army shoot 155 mm shells during a live-fire training exercise in the hinter land of northwestern China's dessert area in mid-October, 2019.

Soldiers assigned to a special operations contingent under the Xinjiang People's Armed Police (PAP) Corps shuttle through the winding canyon in zigzag formation during a recent real combat training exercise.

A vehicle-mounted surface-to-air missile system attached to a ground-to-air brigade of the air force under the PLA Central Theater Command launches a ground-to-air missile at mock aerial targets during a live-fire air-defense training exercise in Northwest China’s desert area in mid October, 2019.

Artillerymen assigned to an air-defense brigade under the PLA Xizang Military Command fire artillery rounds with a towed howitzer system at mock targets during a recent live-fire training operation at the altitude of 4,500 meters in southwestern China's Xizang Autonomous Region.

PLA Air Force marked its 70th anniversary with stealth fighters, including J-20, Y-20, H-6K, H-6N and KJ-500, exhibiting seven decades of prolific advancement of China's Air Force.

Snipers wearing ghillie suits, a type of camouflage, advance in an amphibious assault to ambush mock targets, while their squads provide cover during a field reconnaissance training exercise conducted by a brigade under the PLA 72nd Group Army from November 3 to 7, 2019.

Fijian military band members perform when the Chinese naval ship Qijiguang prepares to depart from the port of Suva, Fiji, Nov. 8, 2019. The Qijiguang ship finished its visit to Fiji on Friday.