A pilot assigned to an aviation brigade of the air force under the PLA Southern Theater Command receives his fighter jet from a maintenance personnel in a military airfield prior to a ferry flight training exercise on October 16, 2020. (eng.chinamil.com.cn/Photo by Gu Haodong)

A J-10 fighter jet attached to an aviation brigade of the air force under the PLA Southern Theater Command taxies along the flightline as it awaits approval to takeoff during a ferry flight training exercise on October 16, 2020. (eng.chinamil.com.cn/Photo by Gu Haodong)

Two J-10 fighter jets attached to an aviation brigade of the air force under the PLA Southern Theater Command take off simultaneously from the runway during a ferry flight training exercise on October 16, 2020. (eng.chinamil.com.cn/Photo by Gu Haodong)

Two J-10 fighter jets attached to an aviation brigade of the air force under the PLA Southern Theater Command take off simultaneously from the runway during a ferry flight training exercise on October 16, 2020. (eng.chinamil.com.cn/Photo by Gu Haodong)

Two J-10 fighter jets attached to an aviation brigade of the air force under the PLA Southern Theater Command take off simultaneously from the runway during a ferry flight training exercise on October 16, 2020. (eng.chinamil.com.cn/Photo by Gu Haodong)