Fly over the southern waters of Taiwan! U.S. sends E-8C command aircraft, B-52 bombers

The U.S. side has also deployed a series of military aircraft, including high-altitude unmanned reconnaissance aircraft, B-52 bombers and U2 reconnaissance aircraft, in the airspace southwest and south of Taiwan, to conduct close reconnaissance of China, the Twitter account that tracks U.S. military developments pointed out today that a B-52 Stratospheric Fortress bomber took off from the U.S. mainland to fly around the South China Sea, and an E-8C command aircraft flew around the south of Taiwan

Aircraft Spot, a Twitter account that tracks U.S. military developments, noted that two B-52 Stratofortress bombers from Barksdale AFB, Louisiana, deployed to Andersen AFB, Guam, on the 25th, en route to Guam. One of the B-52 Stratofortress bombers flew around the disputed area in the South China Sea before landing at Andersen AFB.

In addition, “Aircraft Watch” also released that an E-8C command aircraft from the U.S. Army’s Kadena Base in Okinawa was present in the Bus Strait south of Taiwan today on a surveillance mission.

The “South China Sea Strategic Situational Awareness Initiative” platform (SCS Probing Initiative) of the Institute of Oceanography, Peking University, China, tweeted a map of the flight path of the E-8C command aircraft, which was in the southwest side of the Bus Strait bordering the South China Sea, conducting irregular path reconnaissance. 8C command aircraft since December last year, also in the Korean Peninsula to carry out tasks.