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High-End Exercise Valiant Shield 2018 Features Joint Strike Fighters, 15,000 Personnel

September 18, 2018 2:21 PM

The aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) leads a formation of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 5 ships as U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress aircraft and U.S. Navy F/A-18 Hornets pass overhead for a photo exercise during Valiant Shield 2018 on Sept. 17. US Navy photo.

This post has been updated to correct the hull number of the former USS St. Louis. It’s LKA-116, not LKA-117.

The high-end biennial Valiant Shield exercise kicked off in Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands on Sunday, with some of the Navy’s and Marine Corps’ most advanced platforms participating in the weeklong event. Read More →

Reports: Russian Fighter Conducts ‘Unprofessional’ Intercept of U.S. Navy P-8A Over Baltic

By: Sam LaGrone

May 1, 2018 8:56 PM

A P-8A Poseidon assigned to Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 20 flies over the Chesapeake Bay. US Navy Photo

A Russian Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker conducted a safe but unprofessional intercept of a U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon maritime surveillance aircraft over the Baltic Sea on Tuesday, according to several press reports. Read More →

New Video Shows Russian Fighter Within 5 Feet of U.S. Surveillance Plane

January 31, 2018 12:48 PM

US Navy image of a Russian Su-27 fighter closing in on a EP-3E surveillance aircraft over the Black Sea on Jan. 29, 2017.

The Navy released additional video footage of a fully armed Russian Su-27 fighter intercepting a U.S. Navy EP-3E Aries II surveillance aircraft over the Black Sea on Jan. 29, 2017. The new footage clearly shows the armed fighter came within five feet of the Aries II during the encounter. Read More →

VIDEO: Russian Fighter Buzzes U.S. Navy Surveillance Plane Over Black Sea

By: Sam LaGrone

January 30, 2018 1:45 PM

US Navy image of a Russian Su-27 fighter buzzing a EP-3E surveillance aircraft over the Black Sea on Jan. 29, 2017.

The U.S. Navy released footage from a Monday intercept of an EP-3E Aries II surveillance aircraft over the Black Sea. Read More →

Russian Su-27 Fighter Buzzes U.S. Navy EP-3 Aries Over Black Sea

By: Ben Werner

January 29, 2018 1:46 PM

A U.S. Navy EP-3E Aries II maritime patrol aircraft. US Navy Photo

THE PENTAGON — A U.S. Navy EP-3E Aries II surveillance aircraft was intercepted at close range by a Russian Sukhoi Su-27 fighter over the Black Sea on Monday.

Beijing Accuses U.S. Navy Surveillance Aircraft of Operating Unsafely; Repeats Call for U.S. to Stop Surveillance Flights Near China

By: Sam LaGrone

July 25, 2017 12:46 PM

A U.S. Navy EP-3E Aries II maritime patrol aircraft. US Navy Photo

Beijing accused a U.S. Navy surveillance plane of acting unsafely during a Sunday intercept by People’s Liberation Army Air Force fighters, according to state-controlled press. Read More →

Official: Pair of Chinese Fighters Unsafely Intercept U.S. Navy Aircraft Over South China Sea

By: Sam LaGrone

May 26, 2017 3:03 PM

A P-3C Orion aircraft in 2016. US Navy Photo

Two Chinese fighters unsafely intercepted a U.S. Navy P-3C Orion anti-submarine warfare aircraft over the South China Sea this week, a U.S. defense official told USNI News on Friday. Read More →

Pentagon: ‘Improper Airmanship’ by Chinese Fighter Pilot Led to Unsafe Intercept of Air Force Recon Plane

By: Sam LaGrone

June 8, 2016 11:16 AM

RC-135. US Air Force Photo

A Tuesday intercept of a U.S. Air Force reconnaissance plane by a Chinese fighter the Pentagon deemed unsafe was likely due to “improper airmanship,” a defense official told USNI News on Wednesday. Read More →

China Contests Pentagon Account of ‘Unsafe’ Intercept of U.S. Navy Surveillance Plane by PLA Fighters

By: Sam LaGrone

May 19, 2016 12:16 PM

Chinese J-11 fighter jet is seen flying near a U.S. Navy P-8 Poseidon about 215 km (135 miles) east of China’s Hainan Island. DoD Photo

China is denying two of their fighters conducted an unsafe intercept of a U.S. Navy signals intelligence aircraft off the coast of Hainan Island. Read More →

U.S. Official: Lt. Cmdr. Edward Lin Accused of Passing Secrets to Taiwan in Addition to China

By: Sam LaGrone

April 11, 2016 4:41 PM

In addition to passing secret information to the People’s Republic of China, a naval flight officer held on espionage charges is also suspected of passing secrets to Taiwan, a U.S. official with information on the case told USNI News on Monday. Read More →

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Tag Archives: EP-3E Areis II

High-End Exercise Valiant Shield 2018 Features Joint Strike Fighters, 15,000 Personnel

Reports: Russian Fighter Conducts ‘Unprofessional’ Intercept of U.S. Navy P-8A Over Baltic

New Video Shows Russian Fighter Within 5 Feet of U.S. Surveillance Plane

VIDEO: Russian Fighter Buzzes U.S. Navy Surveillance Plane Over Black Sea

Russian Su-27 Fighter Buzzes U.S. Navy EP-3 Aries Over Black Sea

Beijing Accuses U.S. Navy Surveillance Aircraft of Operating Unsafely; Repeats Call for U.S. to Stop Surveillance Flights Near China

Official: Pair of Chinese Fighters Unsafely Intercept U.S. Navy Aircraft Over South China Sea

Pentagon: ‘Improper Airmanship’ by Chinese Fighter Pilot Led to Unsafe Intercept of Air Force Recon Plane

China Contests Pentagon Account of ‘Unsafe’ Intercept of U.S. Navy Surveillance Plane by PLA Fighters

U.S. Official: Lt. Cmdr. Edward Lin Accused of Passing Secrets to Taiwan in Addition to China

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