中国空军苏35战机巡视南海
The Chinese air force recently sent its Su-35 fighter jets to take part in a joint combat patrol over the South China Sea.
中国空军近期派遣苏35战机参加南海联合战斗巡逻。
This is the first time the People's Liberation Army Air Force has made public the deployment of its Su-35s, built by Russia's Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aircraft Production Association and introduced to China in late 2016. The air force did not reveal when the patrol took place.
The release said the multirole fighter jet's participation in combat exercises will help strengthen the air force's long-range operational capability.
The air force will continue pushing forward training to improve combat capabilities, it said.