In pics: Ongoing China-Russia joint naval drills

A JH-7 fighter jet of the Chinese Air Force takes part in an air exercise of the ongoing China-Russia joint naval drills, Aug. 24, 2015. Four fighter jets, two J-10 and two JH-7, dispatched by the Chinese Air Force took off from an airport in northeast China and returned after completing the drill. A KJ-200 early warning plane also took part in the exercise to give directions to the other four fighters. The drills, code named Joint Sea-2015 (II), are being held from Aug. 20 to 28 in the Peter the Great Gulf, waters off the Clerk Cape, and the Sea of Japan. (Xinhua/Liu Daquan)