Tag: chinese aircraft

Chinese aircraft carrier formation conducts trans-regional training

(REUTERS) – China’s aircraft carrier “Liaoning” and its formation have been conducting trans-regional training since it set out from east China’s Qingdao on June 25. The formation is made up of the aircraft carrier and destroyers Jinan and Yinchuan, frigate Yantai, and a squadron of J-15 fighter jets and helicopters. The training mission aims at strengthening coordination among the vessels and improving the skills of the crew and pilots in different marine environments. Xu Ying, […]

China rejects US claim of ‘unsafe’ spy plane intercept

BEIJING ,China (AFP) — Beijing on Thursday rejected Pentagon accusations that a Chinese aircraft made an “unsafe” intercept of a spy plane in international air space, as tensions rise in the strategically vital South China Sea. Rivalry between China and the United States is mounting in the disputed waterway, an important shipping route thought to be home to vast energy deposits, and which Beijing claims almost in its entirety. The US Department of Defense (DoD) […]

Chinese Aircraft reports no sighting of missing plane debris In Southern Indian Ocean

(Reuters/CCTV) — A Chinese IL-76 aircraft returned to Perth in western Australia after finding no suspicious objects in the target area in the southern Indian Ocean on Wednesday morning. The Chinese aircraft took off to at 05:17 on Wednesday morning and began searching for missing the target sea area for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370. The aircraft found no suspicious objects during its eight-hour flight covering a sea area of around 7,000 square kilometers. It flew back to Perth International Airport at […]