J-10 Fighter Jets Take off on Training Sortie

A J-10 fighter jet attached to an aviation brigade under the PLA Air Force takes off for a sortie during a recent flight training exercise. [Photo/China Military Online]

J-10 fighter jets attached to an aviation brigade under the PLA Air Force taxi on the runway in formation before takeoff during a recent flight training exercise.[Photo/China Military Online]

A J-10 fighter jet attached to an aviation brigade under the PLA Air Force deploys its drogue parachute to slow itself after landing at a military airfield during a recent flight training exercise.[Photo/China Military Online]

Pilots assigned to an aviation brigade under the PLA Air Force put on flight suits prior to a recent flight training exercise.[Photo/China Military Online]

Maintenance men assigned to an aviation brigade under the PLA Air Force perform pre-flight checks on a J-10 fighter jet prior to a recent flight training exercise.[Photo/China Military Online]

A pilot assigned to an aviation brigade under the PLA Air Force climbs into the cockpit of a J-10 fighter jet prior to a recent flight training exercise.[Photo/China Military Online]