These aircraft are deployed to Kadena Air Base, a U.S. military hub on Japan's Okinawa Island. Based on data captured by the aircraft tracking service Flightradar24, Newsweek's map showed that a ...

China had protested what it called "close-in reconnaissance" of Chinese territory by the U.S. military in the past.

The U.S. Indo-Pacific Command said on May 30, 2023, of China's unprofessional intercept of U.S. aircraft over the South China Sea: "The United States will continue to fly, sail, and operate—safely and ...