American Surveillance Aircraft Have Been Flooding Into The Airspace South Of Taiwan (Updated)
For the past three weeks, there has been a big increase in U.S. military air activity in the Bashi Channel between Taiwan and the Philippines.
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Here Are Photos Of Two U.S. Navy Carriers In The South China Sea For First Time In Six Years (Updated)
It’s a major show of force in a hotly contested region aimed squarely at China.
Taiwanese Fighters Drive Off Chinese Jets After Navy Transport Plane Flies Over The Island
The unusual flight certainly caught the attention of Beijing, which appears to be more focused on Taiwan’s independence than ever before.
USAF MC-130J Spec Ops Transport Flies Through Taiwan Strait With U.S. Spy Plane Nearby
A U.S. Air Force MC-130J Commando II special operations transport made a rare trip through the highly sensitive Taiwan Strait today, flying along the so-called “Median Line” that serves as the de facto boundary between Taiwan and mainland China. There was a variety of other interesting military aerial activity in the area around the same time, including an RC-135W Rivet Joint spy plane flying what appeared to be an intelligence-gathering operation just to the south and still unidentified aircraft flying an orbit within the Strait itself.
Chinese Paramilitary Police Have Appeared In Force Near Hong Kong As Tension Mounts
A massive convoy of armored vehicles, trucks, and other vehicles belonging to China’s paramilitary People’s Armed Police, or PAP, has assembled in the city of Shenzhen. Chinese authorities say that the deployment is merely part of a scheduled exercise, but it comes after officials on the mainland said the demonstrations showed the “budding shoots of terrorism.”
New Flight Ops Video From China’s Carrier Features Loaded Up J-15 Fighters
The video emerged as the carrier battle group passed through the Taiwan Strait on its way to Hong Kong.