Women stake claim for equality on aircraft carrier

Updated: 2014-03-19 16:53

(chinadaily.com.cn)

A group of female sailors have been undergoing intensive training on board Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning since the special team was founded more than three years ago. They are the country's first generation of women serving on an aircraft carrier, coming from nine ethnic groups and totaling almost 100.

Women stake claim for equality on aircraft carrier

A small group of female trainees pose for a photo on board Liaoning. [Photo/navy.81.cn]

 

Women stake claim for equality on aircraft carrier

 

Women stake claim for equality on aircraft carrier

 

Women stake claim for equality on aircraft carrier

 

Slide: Jet exercises from aircraft carrier 

Life below deck on China's first aircraft carrier 

Navy training mission 

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