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Original title: The Air Force's August 1st Flying Team is determined to forge ahead and dare to surpass - dancing in the blue sky to add color to the country

A formation of six planes rolled, a group of six planes bloomed, and four planes rolled synchronously... Under the clear sky, six performance planes of the Air Force's August 1st Flying Team danced in the blue sky and spread their wings in the clouds. In more than 20 minutes, they performed 22 difficult flight acrobatic moves in succession. A "rainbow" composed of red, yellow and blue smoke symbols of the August 1st military flag and the Air Force flag crossed the sky.

Recently, the "Air Force Red Landmark Tour" entered the viewing platform of the Air Force's August 1st Flying Team. On the day of the event, the viewing platform was crowded. At about 10:30, amid the deafening sound of breaking through the air, the performance aircraft took off in two batches at predetermined time intervals and formed a formation in the air. At this time, the No. 6 aircraft in the middle of the formation took off at a high angle and kicked off the flight performance with a thrilling afterburner oblique somersault. "The pilot will bear a load of 9G when performing the afterburner oblique somersault, and it is necessary to conduct regular high-intensity training..." Hearing the commentator's explanation, the audience stood up and applauded.

"Today's flight show was very shocking. The young pilots of the new era have good work style and traditions!" said Xiao Qingyou, the eighth captain of the Air Force's August 1st Flying Demonstration Team.

The Air Force's August 1st Flying Demonstration Team, as the "China Blue Sky Guard of Honor", is a window to a strong country and a strong military, and a window for military exchanges. This viewing platform, which covers an area of ​​more than 1,000 square meters, has witnessed hundreds of wonderful performances brought by the performance team, and witnessed the performance team's repeated aircraft model upgrades and action innovations.

Military expert Li Shasha introduced that the performance aircraft used by the Air Force's August 1st Flying Team are all domestically-produced main fighter jets of various periods. Each change of equipment fully demonstrates the leap-forward improvement in the country's comprehensive strength and the Air Force's combat effectiveness. Generations of pilots have always fulfilled their mission and responsibility of putting the honor of the motherland above all else, forging ahead with determination and courage to surpass. From nine-aircraft horizontal blooming to four-aircraft diamond-shaped upward blooming, from six-aircraft rolling to five-aircraft horizontal blooming, they have created one difficult classic stunt after another.

In the display cabinets on both sides of the viewing platform, hundreds of themed exhibits donated by foreign air forces, such as air show theme commemorative photo frames, foreign air force commemorative plaques, and foreign military flight demonstration team badges, tell the heavy mission of this performance team. "This is the air show theme commemorative photo frame made with Swift and Warrior flight demonstration team as the main image presented by the Russian military when we flew abroad for the first time to perform," Li Bin, the current captain of the Air Force's August 1st Flight Demonstration Team, told reporters.

The Air Force's August 1st Flying Team was established on January 25, 1962, as the "Air Force Escort Performance Team" at that time. On August 1, 1987, it was officially named the "August 1st Flying Team of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force". Since 2013, the Air Force's August 1st Flying Team has "flown" abroad 10 times for flight performances.

"The motherland named us "August 1st", and we will add color to the motherland with "Fengfei". Looking to the future, Li Bin is full of confidence, "We will definitely live up to our mission and expectations."

(Zhu Jianghai and Xiao Hang participated in the interview and writing) (Jin Zhengbo)

(People's Daily)