J-15 fighters conduct finger-four formation flight

Four PLA Navy J-15 fighters conducted a finger-four formation flight over a carrier-based fighter test center at Xincheng in Liaoning in northeastern China on Aug. 28, according to the state-run Global Times.

An image of these four carrier-based fighters was uploaded to a Chinese military website by an unknown internet user. The state newswire Xinhua reported previously that President Xi Jinping, who also heads the Central Military Commission, was visiting the base when the flight took place.

Xi met the pilots and commanders of the fighter unit aboard China's first aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, after all the aircraft landed on the runway of the Xincheng test center.

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