This is one of those images you must view at large scale (click on the photo) to get the full feeling. 

The facial expressions are awesome, and the entire image is like a scene straight out of a Zhang Yimou film!

calkins,

One of your best photo finds yet.Awesome photo [tapping in to my childhood 梦 of wanting to fly].Is this a photoshop job？

I remember as a kid watching John Robinson in "Lost in Space" crack out his jet pack:

and then in 1984 at the LA olympics opening ceremony:

and now we have Jet man/Fusion man Yves Rossy:

..and yet the childhood dreams seem no closer.Weren't we at least meant to be all flying around in choppers by now?

军警 usually means "军队和警察" in China, and Military Police (MP) should be translated as 宪兵 (xian4 bing1) in Chinese. I guess the guys in the photo are probably 武警(武装警察, armed police), perhaps. Incidentally, there is no 宪兵 in mainland.

Great photo - Of course I can do that, but still impressive. So well synchronized. Whats with the one guy that didnt launch? Its like my gun instuctor said, "there is one in every class".

You're right, it does remind one of a Zhang Yimou film. Except its real. Kind of scarry. Dont mess with China. Im just glad I will know how to speak Chinese. :-)