Tag: US EP-3

Pentagon Raises Risk of Midair Collision Over South China Sea

Reading Time: 2 minutes The Pentagon said Wednesday that two Chinese J-11 fighter jets intercepted a US EP-3 reconnaissance plane in “international airspace” above the South China Sea in a manner characterized as “unsafe.” According to US defense officials, the Chinese jets came within about 15 meters of the US spy plane. Scenarios in which US spy planes face […]