Sailors maintain a ship-borne helicopter on the flight deck of a warship during a far-sea training exercise on the afternoon of March 5, 2017. Three new-type Chinese naval battleships including the guided-missile destroyers Changsha (Hull 173) and Haikou (Hull 171), and the comprehensive supply ship Luomahu (Hull 964) conducted far-sea training exercise from Feb. 10, 2017. Aviation forces of the South China Sea Fleet of the PLA Navy, garrison troops in the Xisha Islands and Nansha Islands, and some troops from the East China Sea Fleet and the North China Sea Fleet were involved in this far-sea training. (81.cn/ Zhou Qiqing)
