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Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen thanks a Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) airman after a tour of a Sukhoi Su-27 Fighter at the PLAAF 19th Air Division in Shandong, China, on July 12, 2011. Mullen is on a three-day trip to the country meeting with counterparts and Chinese leaders.

Adm. Mike Mullen thanks a Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force airman after a tour.

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen thanks a Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) airman after a tour of a Sukhoi Su-27 Fighter at the PLAAF 19th Air Division in Shandong, China, on July 12, 2011. Mullen is on a three-day trip to the country meeting with counterparts and Chinese leaders.

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