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An Israeli Boeing AH-64 Apache longbow helicopter launches anti-missile flares during an air show at a graduation ceremony for Israeli pilots at the Hatzerim air base in the Negev desert, near the southern Israeli city of Beersheva, on Dec. 27.
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Officers of China's People Liberation Army watch planes performing during the 9th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition in Zhuhai on November 13, 2012.
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A visitor watches a flight demonstration in front of Long March CZ-3B (right) and CZ-2E rockets on the first day of the China International Aviation & Aerospace Exhibition, November 13, 2012.
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Flight attendants from China Southern Airlines stand inside a booth on the first day of the China International Aviation & Aerospace Exhibition.
China's main air show opened on Tuesday, coinciding with the once-in-a-decade Communist Party meeting to select the country's new leaders.
Reuters reports that this week's air show is being attended by a record 650 exhibitors including dozens of foreign companies drawn to China by the growth of its aviation sector, projected to displace the United States as the world's largest aviation market soon.
The exhibition featured prototypes of a new Chinese business aircraft and a model of a new stealth fighter that China apparently hopes to build for export. Read the full story.
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People Liberation Army parachutists perform during the 9th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition in Zhuhai on November 13, 2012.
As the Chinese Communist Party prepare to announce its new leaders, most of the 80 million Chinese will have had little say in who rules over them. NBC's Angus Walker reports from Beijing.
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A crowd watches an F/A-18 Hornet fighter aircraft of the Swiss Air Force on Oct. 11 doing a flight demonstration over Axalp in the Bernese Oberland.
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Parachutists of the Swiss Air Force perform during a flight demonstration over Axalp in the Bernese Oberland on Oct. 11.
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A Pilatus PC 21 performs during a flight demonstration of the Swiss Air Force over the Axalp in the Bernese Oberland on Oct. 11.
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A Cougar helicopter fires flares during a flight show of the Swiss air force near Meiringen, Switzerland on Oct. 11.
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An aerobatics team from the Turkish Air Force performs during the second day of the Berlin Air Show (ILA) at Schoenefeld Airport in Berlin, Germany, Sept. 15. The aviation trade show south of Berlin takes place from Sept. 11 - 16.
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A Serbian 'Orao J-22' strike aircraft flies during the international air show in Belgrade Sept. 2. Participants from 16 countries and the Serbian Airforce demonstrated their flying skills on Sunday to mark the 100th anniversary of military aviation in the Balkan country. The air show at the Batajnica airport marks the first flight of a sole Serb biplane aircraft from the southern airfield of Nis during the 1912 Balkan war against Turkish empire.
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A fireball rises after a Soviet-era Czech L-39 military training jet with the Hoppers Flight Jet Team crashed, killing the pilot during the Quad-City Airshow on Saturday.
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The jet was flying in formation shortly before it crashed alongside the I-80 highway. It plowed into a field near the Eastern Iowa Industrial Center in northern Davenport, Fries said.
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A jet crashed, Saturday, at the Quad City Air Show in Iowa. NBC's Lester Holt reports.
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An aerobatic stunt team performs over Brunswick, Maine, during a practice session at the Great State of Maine Air Show, Aug. 24, 2012.
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Russian fighter jets perform air stunts during the 5th International Maritime Defence Show in St. Petersburg, Russia on June 30, 2011.
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Pilot Capt. Brian Bews ejects as his a CF-18 fighter jet plummets to the ground during a practice flight at the Lethbridge County Airport on Friday, July 23 for the weekend airshow in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. "He is alive and we believe right now that his injuries are non-life-threatening," Canadian Forces Capt. Nicole Meszaros told CBC News.
See video of the crash here
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