Chinese bombers, fighters and early-warning and aerial refueling aircraft yesterday flew over the Bashi Channel that separates Taiwan and the Philippines to exercises in the Western Pacific, the People』s Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force said.
The air force described the exercises as part of normal, annual, planned drills, which accord with international law and practice.
However, they come as China has been increasingly asserting itself in territorial disputes in the South and East China seas.
「This move is to raise the air force』s abilities via training, to meet the needs to maintaining national sovereignty, protecting national security and guaranteeing peaceful development,」 the air force said in a statement on its official microblog.
「This is common practice for the air forces of littoral states, and a normal need for China national defense and military building,」 it said.
The air force will organize regular exercises that fly past the 「first island chain,」 the air force said, referring to an area that includes Taiwan and Japan』s Ryukyu Islands.
The exercises included early-warning drills and inflight refueling to help improve the air force』s fighting ability far from home, it added.
China has rapidly been ramping up research into advanced military equipment, including stealth jets, submarines, aircraft carriers and anti-satellite missiles, which has rattled nerves regionally and in the US.
The PLA』s air force, along with its navy, has been honing its abilities to conduct operations far from its shores, including drills in which aircraft have flown through the Miyako Strait, a body of water between Japan』s islands of Miyako and Okinawa, on their way to the Pacific.
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(Sept. 12, 2016) – The guided-missile destroyer USS Decatur (DDG 73) was assisted by the Republic of Korean Navy (ROKN) in an emergency medical evacuation (MEDEVAC) to help a Sailor in need of medical attention Sept. 11.
At approximately 11 a.m., Decatur notified Commander, Destroyer Squadron (CDS) 15 that a Sailor on board required MEDEVAC.
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Within hours of the initial report, the Republic of Korea Navy』s 631 Squadron launched a UH-60 Black Hawk from Pohang to transport the Sailor. While Decatur made the best speed to close within helicopter range of the mainland, the medical team aboard Decatur provided continuous care for the Sailor.
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Homeported in San Diego, Decatur is currently underway in the Indo-Asia-Pacific Region as part of a U.S. 3rd Fleet Pacific Surface Action Group (PAC SAG) with the guided-missile destroyers USS Spruance (DDG 111) and USS Momsen (DDG 92), under the operations of Destroyer Squadron (CDS) 31.