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This May 10, 2015 US Navy handout photo shows two F/A-18 Super Hornets (L and R) and two Royal Malaysian Air Force SU-30MKM/Flanker H, flying above the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson, operating in the South China Sea during a bi-lateral exercise. The Vinson aircraft carrier strike group is patrolling the South China Sea, the US Navy said February 18, 2017, days after Beijing told Washington not to challenge its sovereignty in the waterway. / AFP PHOTO / US NAVY / LT. JONATHAN PFAFF / == RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE / MANDATORY CREDIT: "AFP PHOTO / HANDOUT / US NAVY / LT. JONATHAN PFAFF "/ NO MARKETING / NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS / NO A LA CARTE SALES / DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS ==