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SEOUL, South Korea (Reuters) – South Korea’s military plans to conduct a joint drill with two U.S. supersonic B-1B Lancer bombers on Tuesday (June 20) as part of a scheduled exercise, an air force official told reporters. The official told reporters during a briefing the drill will also involve two South Korean F-15K fighter jets without elaborating on the nature of the drill or when it will be carried out. Tensions on the Korean peninsula […]
PARIS, France (Reuters) – The 52nd Paris Air Show on Monday unveiled products by 2,300 firms in over 50 countries, including some new models from China. French President Emmanuel Macron was present at the opening session of the air show at Bourget. Amid various civil and military aviation products, China’s home-grown aircrafts drew spotlights. Also on show are civilian aircraft, warplanes, drones and military hardware from other countries. The high-profile event is expected to attract 350,000 […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Two Chinese fighter jets intercepted an American military plane over the East China Sea, media in the United States reported Thursday, citing US officials. NBC News reported that the US aircraft, a WC-135 Constant Phoenix, was conducting a routine mission in international airspace Wednesday when it was intercepted over the East China Sea by two Chinese Sukhoi Su-30 fighter aircraft. The WC-135 is a so-called “sniffer plane” designed to scan […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Japan plans to donate retired military patrol aircraft to Malaysia, a report said Friday, as alliances strengthen in response to China’s maritime claims. The two countries are among a number in the region stepping up defense cooperation against what they see as Beijing’s aggressive stance on the high seas. Beijing insists it has sovereign rights to almost all of the South China Sea — strategically vital waters, where the Philippines, Vietnam, […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — An aircraft carrier the United States Navy said was steaming toward the Korean Peninsula amid rising tensions has not yet departed, a US defense official acknowledged Tuesday. The Navy on April 8 said it was directing a naval strike group headed by the USS Carl Vinson supercarrier to “sail north,” as a “prudent measure” to deter North Korea. Pentagon chief Jim Mattis on April 11 said the Vinson was “on […]
by Olivia HAMPTON Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — As a US strike group led by an aircraft carrier steamed toward the Korean peninsula Sunday, a senior official said President Donald Trump has asked to be provided with a range of options for eliminating the North Korean nuclear threat. The US naval move will certainly raise tensions in the region and comes hard on the heels of a US cruise missile strike on […]
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) — China’s only aircraft carrier has entered the Taiwan Strait in a highly symbolic show of strength, but Taiwan insisted Wednesday there was no need for panic even as tensions boil over the island’s diplomatic status. Beijing has upped its military drills near the island in recent weeks after being incensed by a congratulatory phone call from Taiwan’s president Tsai Ing-wen to US president-elect Donald Trump, and by a subsequent transit stop […]
HONG KONG, China (Reuters) — Dozens of colorful handmade aircraft attempted to fly off Hong Kong’s old airport runway before plummeting into the iconic Victoria Harbor on Sunday (November 27). The majority of the 41 funky and wonderful air crafts in shapes of cartoon characters, foods and animals plunged straight into the water without flying more than a meter. One of the contestants, Sylvia Tang, was inspired by a character from the famous ”Angry Birds” […]
NAIROBI, Kenya (Reuters) — Aviators flying vintage planes the length of Africa were in the Kenyan capital Nairobi on Sunday (November 27), a day after one aircraft had to make a forced landing that wrecked the plane although the crew escaped without injury. The Vintage Air Rally includes biplanes built in the 1920s and 1930s which have flown from Europe, past Egypt’s pyramids and through Sudan and Ethiopia, where they were briefly detained because […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — The United States is giving the Philippines two used military aircraft, the coast guard said Wednesday, to help Manila expand sea patrols in the face of territorial disputes with China. The two Sherpa 30-seater aircraft will be delivered in December, Philippine coast guard spokesman Commander Armand Balilo told AFP. “It will help us in the movements of the Philippine Coast Guard like patrol missions,” Balilo added. The announcement came days after […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — China has completed production of the world’s largest amphibious aircraft, state media has said, the latest effort in the country’s program to wean itself off dependence on foreign aviation firms. The state-owned Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) unveiled the first of the new planes, dubbed the AG600, Saturday in the southern port city of Zhuhai, the official Xinhua news agency reported. The aircraft, which has a maximum range of 4,500 […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — China’s newest military transport plane entered service Wednesday, the country’s defense ministry said, extending Beijing’s ability to deploy its fighting forces around the world as it pursues a greater global role. The announcement comes with tensions mounting over territorial disputes between Beijing and its neighbours in the East and South China seas. The Y-20 is the country’s largest homegrown transport aircraft, a statement on the defence ministry’s website said. The plane […]
