A Type 726 air-cushioned landing craft, a Type 96 main battle tank and marines from a Type 071 amphibious landing ship in landing exercises far away from mainland by a PLA Navy expeditionary group in 2021. Photo: Screenshot from the Weibo of the PLA Navy PLA Navy holds joint landing exercises far away from mainland - Global Times
A U.S. Air Force HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter takes off after "rescuing" a downed pilot in a training exercise during Operation Porcupine in Romania, March 4, 2021. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Thomas S. Keisler IV) Air Force completes Operation Porcupine exercise in Romania
Infantrymen assigned to a combined arms brigade under the PLA 78th Group Army get well-prepared in positions during a tactical training exercise. (eng.chinamil.com.cn/Photo by Feng Cheng)
AFT: U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Michael Drake provides security during exercise Hagatna Fury 21 on Ukibaru, Japan, Feb 17, 2021. (Cpl. Kallahan Morris/Marine Corps)
Pilots from the 69th Bomb Squadron board B-52H Stratofortress bomber "Wham Bam II" in preparation for a flight over the Mideast on March 6, 2021, at Minot Air Force Base, N.D. A pair of B-52 bombers flew over the Mideast on Sunday, Senior Airman Josh W. Strickland/Air Force via AP) US B-52s again fly over Mideast in warning to Iran
AFT: Paratroopers conducted an airborne operation into Malemute Drop Zone, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 2, 2021. (Maj. Jason Welch/Army)
n H-6 fighter bomber attached to an aviation division of the air force under the PLA Eastern Theater Command taxies on the runway before takeoff during a flight training mission. (eng.chinamil.com.cn/photo by Wang Jun)
Sailors disembark the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) at Naval Magazine Indian Island, Wash., on March 4, 2021. Nimitz, part of Nimitz Carrier Strike Group, returned to the Pacific Northwest after more than 11 months following a deployment to U.S. 5th and U.S. 7th Fleets. (MC2 Eleanor Vara/Navy)
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A KJ-500 airborne early warning (AEW) aircraft attached to a naval aviation division under the PLA Eastern Theater Command taxis onto the flightline in preparation for a flight training exercise on subjects including reconnaissance and early warning, anti-submarine tactics, etc. on February 20, 2021. (eng.chinamil.com.cn/Photo by Li Hengjiang)
AFT: A U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft in-flight refueling specialist receives instruction as he refuels an E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System aircraft during a mission supporting Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve over the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, Feb. 22, 2021. (Staff Sgt. Trevor T. McBride/Air Force)