Former members of the Chinese PLA Air Force's August 1st aerobatic team group photo on November 11, 2010. (Photo/81.cn)
Cao Zhenzhong, team leader of the Chinese PLA Air Force's August 1st aerobatic team, shares his flying experience at a meeting. (Photo/81.cn)
Pilots team up for the next batch of missions on July 30, 2018. (Photo/81.cn)
Planes of the Chinese PLA Air Force's August 1st aerobatic team flying in a six-plane formation ready for performance on April 12, 2019. (Photo/81.cn)
Pilots in training on the night of April 12, 2019. (Photo/81.cn)
Chinese PLA Air Force's August 1st aerobatic team flies over Huangyaguan section of the Great Wall, located in Tianjin on December 6, 2018. (Photo/81.cn)
Chinese PLA Air Force's August 1st aerobatic team flies over Huangyaguan section of the Great Wall, located in Tianjin on December 6, 2018. (Photo/81.cn)
On the runway ready for takeoff on April 10, 2019. (Photo/81.cn)
An aircraft flying to a designated grid on April 10, 2019. (Photo/81.cn)
A J-10 jet moves towards a designated grid on April 10, 2019. (Photo/81.cn)
Planes of the Chinese PLA Air Force's August 1st aerobatic team flying in a six-plane formation ready for performance on April 12, 2019. (Photo/81.cn)
The moment when a plane, piloted by Zhang Chunlei, a member of the Chinese PLA Air Force's August 1st aerobatic team, glides out of a hangar on the night of April 12, 2019. (Photo/81.cn)
An airplane taxis out of a hangar on April 10, 2019. (Photo/81.cn)
He Xiaoli, a female pilot, double-checks cockpit instruments before canopy is closed on April 10, 2019.
An airplane taxis onto the runway as the pilot signals confidence on April 10. (Photo/81.cn)
A plane taxis out of a hangar on April 10. (Photo/81.cn)
A three-plane formation set to take off. (Photo/81.cn)
Chinese PLA Air Force's August 1st aerobatic team flies in a scissor formation at the China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition in Zhuhai, South China’s Guangdong Province on November 6, 2018. (Photo/81.cn)
A pilot in the cockpit while flying a plane. (Photo/81.cn)
Back on the ground, pilot Zhang Chunlei hands over the airplane to the ground crew on April 10, 2019. (Photo/81.cn)
Thumbs up from a pilot to show his confidence before flying an aircraft at the Dubai Airshow 2017 in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates on November 11, 2017. (Photo/81.cn)
The air force team performs during the parade commemorating the 70th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War on September 3, 2015. (Photo/81.cn)
On October 1, 2009, the aerobatics team performs during the parade commemorating the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. (Photo/81.cn)
Takeoff in a two-plane formation on April 10, 2019. (Photo/81.cn)
