In this November 23, 2017, photo released by Xinhua News Agency, a Chinese military H-6K bomber is seen conducting training exercises, as the People's Liberation Army (PLA) air force conducted a combat air patrol in the South China Sea. With record numbers of military flights near Taiwan over the last week, China has been stepping up its harassment of the island it claims as its own, showing an new intensity and sophistication as it asserts its territorial claims in the region. (Photo by Wang Guosong/Xinhua via AP Photo)





A fighter jet adds to the drama at the Formula One grand prix which Lewis Hamilton won in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on December 5, 2021. (Photo by Antonin Vincent/LiveMedia/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





In this photo released by the U.S. Air Force, a B-1B Lancer flies over the Persian Gulf Saturday, October 30, 2021. The U.S. Air Force said Sunday it flew a B-1B strategic bomber over key maritime chokepoints in the Mideast with allies including Israel amid ongoing tensions with Iran as its nuclear deal with world powers remains in tatters. (Photo by Senior Airman Jerreht Harris/U.S. Air Force via AP)





In this photo released by the U.S. Air Force, the crew of a U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer display their mascot from the cockpit window over the Middle East Saturday, October 30, 2021. (Photo by Senior Airman Jerreht Harris/U.S. Air Force via AP)





In this photo released by the U.S. Air Force, an Israeli Air Force F-15 Strike Eagle flies in formation with a U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer over Israel as part of a deterrence flight Saturday, October 30, 2021. (Photo by Senior Airman Jerreht Harris/U.S. Air Force via AP)





Members of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force Aviation University's “Red Falcon” Air Demonstration Team perform during the 13th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition, also known as Airshow China 2021, on Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2021 in Zhuhai in southern China's Guangdong province. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)





A Brazilian Firefighters aircraft flies during a search of forest fires in an area of the Amazon rainforest in the Rondonia State, Brazil on September 28, 2021. (Photo by Adriano Machado/Reuters)





In this photo taken from video released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service, a long-range Tu-160 bomber of the Russian Aerospace Forces lands after patrolling in the airspace of Belarus at an air field in Russia, Thursday, November 11, 2021. Russia has sent two nuclear-capable strategic bombers on a training mission over Belarus in a show of Moscow's support for its ally amid a dispute over migration at the Polish border. Russia has supported Belarus amid a tense standoff this week as thousands of migrants gathered on the Belarus-Poland border in hopes of crossing into Europe. (Photo by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP Photo)





In this photo released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service, a Russian drone launches a missile during the Zapad-2021 war games by Russian and Belarusian forces at the Mulino training ground in the Nizhny Novgorod region, Russia, Saturday, September 11, 2021. Ukrainian and Western officials are worried that a Russian military buildup near Ukraine could signal plans by Moscow to invade its ex-Soviet neighbor. The Kremlin insists it has no such intention and has accused Ukraine and its Western backers of making the claims to cover up their own allegedly aggressive designs. (Photo by Vadim Savitskiy/Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP Photo)





F-18 Hornet jets and an Hawker Hunter T.68 of the Swiss Air Force drops flares during the annual airshow of the Swiss Army in the Axalp ar​ea near Meiringen, Canton of Berne, Switzerland, 21 October 2021. (Photo by Anthony Anex/EPA/EFE)





A Hellenic Air Force F-16 takes part at the annual military parade at the northern port city of Thessaloniki, Greece, on Thursday, October 28, 2021 .The parade is held to celebrate Greece's refusal to align itself with a belligerent fascist Italy in 1940 and instead fight a much stronger opponent, a decision which dragged it into World War II and eventually led to a brutal occupation by Nazi Germany. (Photo by Giannis Papanikos/AP Photo)





Two F-18 fighter aircrafts of the Spanish Air Force launch flares during the Ocean Sky 2021 Military Exercise for advanced air-to-air training in the southern airspace of the Canary Islands, Spain, October 21, 2021. (Photo by Borja Suarez/Reuters)





Flt Lt James Sainty was seen taking a Typhoon through its paces over Lincolnshire in the East Midlands of England on a test flight in October 2021. (Photo by Caroline Haycock/Bav Media)





Two Canadair planes from the French Civil Protection, drop water the sea during an exercise at the entrance of the vieux port in Marseille on the first day of the Firemen congress, southern France on October 13, 2021. (Photo by Christophe Simon/AFP Photo)





Flt Lt James Sainty flew a Typhoon in the final air show of the season at Duxford in Cambridgeshire in September 2021. (Photo by Claire Hartley/Bav Media)