J-10 fighter jets attached to a naval aviation brigade under the PLA Eastern Theater Command taxi on the flightline in sequence before takeoff for a round-the-clock flight training exercise in East China’s Zhejiang Province in early July, 2020. (eng.chinamil.com.cn/Photo by Zhao Ningning and Sha Lingyun)

J-10 fighter jets attached to a naval aviation brigade under the PLA Eastern Theater Command take off successively for a round-the-clock flight training exercise in East China’s Zhejiang Province in early July, 2020. (eng.chinamil.com.cn/Photo by Zhao Ningning and Sha Lingyun)

J-10 fighter jets attached to a naval aviation brigade under the PLA Eastern Theater Command take off successively for a round-the-clock flight training exercise in East China’s Zhejiang Province in early July, 2020. (eng.chinamil.com.cn/Photo by Zhao Ningning and Sha Lingyun)

A pilot assigned to a naval aviation brigade under the PLA Eastern Theater Command navigates his J-10 fighter jet above the clouds during a round-the-clock flight training exercise in East China’s Zhejiang Province in early July, 2020. (eng.chinamil.com.cn/Photo by Zhao Ningning and Sha Lingyun)

A pilot assigned to a naval aviation brigade under the PLA Eastern Theater Command navigates his J-10 fighter jet above the clouds during a round-the-clock flight training exercise in East China’s Zhejiang Province in early July, 2020. (eng.chinamil.com.cn/Photo by Zhao Ningning and Sha Lingyun)

A pilot assigned to a naval aviation brigade under the PLA Eastern Theater Command navigates his J-10 fighter jet above the clouds during a round-the-clock flight training exercise in East China’s Zhejiang Province in early July, 2020. (eng.chinamil.com.cn/Photo by Zhao Ningning and Sha Lingyun)

A pilot assigned to a naval aviation brigade under the PLA Eastern Theater Command navigates his J-10 fighter jet above the clouds during a round-the-clock flight training exercise in East China’s Zhejiang Province in early July, 2020. (eng.chinamil.com.cn/Photo by Zhao Ningning and Sha Lingyun)