BEIJING, June 7 -- A naval aviation brigade under the PLA Southern Theater Command recently carried out a nighttime flight training exercise, the first flight training in the wee hours for this year, to examine the troops' rapid maneuver and air combat capability in the nighttime.
The training exercise kicked off at 11:40 pm, with several warplanes taking off and carrying out such training subjects as the seizure of air supremacy, security patrol, and air-to-air combat. The training exercise wrapped up at around 3:00 a.m. the next morning.