Air-landing drill in Xinjiang desert

The officers and men of a regiment under the Xinjiang Military Area Command (MAC) of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) head to the assembly area before boarding a helicopter on Aug. 19, 2012. Since early August, the regiment has staged a series of air-landing and parachuting drills in the deserts. (China Military Online/Zhai Jinzhong and Yue Zhanfeng)

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