China's military aircraft to fly over the Chang'an Avenue and Tian'anmen Square as part of a military parade took off from their bases Thursday morning and headed for the center stage of China's National Day celebration in downtown Beijing.

All the the 151 fighters, bombers, helicopters and other types of military planes, led by an Early Warning and Control Aircraft, will meet at their rendezvous point to build up 12 aerial formations.

The aircraft to perform the airshow are selected from the People's Liberation Army's air force, naval aviation and army aviation.

(Xinhua News Agency October 1, 2009)