East China Sea Flying Club

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East China Sea Flying Club
Just another walk in the park! According to a Pentagon spokesman a Chinese fighter jet performed an “unsafe” intercept of a U.S. Navy EP-3 reconnaissance aircraft on Jul. 23, 2017 while it was flying in international airspace over the East China Sea.
The fighter was armed and came as close as 300 feet in front of the EP-3, causing the Navy aircraft to take “evasive action,” a U.S. defense official told CNN. The official explained that another armed fighter was involved in the intercept but only one of the aircraft acted in a “unsafe” way.
The “EP-3, flying in international airspace in the East China Sea, was intercepted by two Chinese fighters,” U.S. Navy Capt. Jeff Davis told reporters Monday at the Pentagon.