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An aircraft attached to a naval aviation unit under the PLA Northern Theater Command takes off to the mission airspace for a combat-readiness air patrol mission in mid January, 2023. (eng.chinamil.com.cn/Photo by Xing Yun, Yang Sen, Wang Shuo, Zhou Shiqi, Wu Zhixiang)