Pentagon Alleges Chinese Campaign Of Unprofessional Intercepts

Chinese fighter aircraft

A Chinese fighter is seen off the wing of a U.S. surveillance aircraft in the East China Sea in June 2022.

Credit: U.S. Defense Department
The Pentagon alleges China is undertaking a centralized, concerted effort to change international air operations in open airspace near its borders with dozens of potentially dangerous intercepts. As part of this effort, Chinese fighters have intercepted American aircraft 180 times since the fall of...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining Aviation Week in August 2021, he covered the Pentagon for Air Force Magazine. Brian began covering defense aviation in 2011 as a reporter for Military Times.

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