The ground personnel are lining up to wait for the pilot to start the warplane and take off.

The target-towing aircraft is flying home with the target.　

Two warplanes in emergent afterburner takeoff

　　One day in early July, a fierce live shell fire in the air was to start above a sea area of the South China Sea. At 10:30, the two warplanes piloted by the pilots of a naval aviation troop unit under the South China Sea Fleet of the PLA Navy attacked the target in waves. This is a scene of live fire training against air target organized by the troop unit after suspension of this kind of training for years. Up to the present, all the pilots of the troop unit have practiced air target shooting.

　　To ensure the attack quality and realize accurate firing, the troop unit organized its pilots to receive simulated training on firing time and firing opportunity on the ground or in the air for many times. During the process of flight organization and implementation, despite the occurrence of such safety issues as target rope broken, the implementation of the live shell fire training was ensured, for the good organization, good preparation and proper handling by the pilots.

　　By Du Guangrui and Kou Yongqiang

　　(Jul 15, PLA Daily)          Editor: Yang Ru