US Holds Joint , Air Force Exercises , Simulating Conflict With China.
On February 8, the United States, United Kingdom
and Australia concluded China-focused
Air Force exercises over the Nevada desert.
Fox News reports that the "Red Flag"
joint exercises have taken place over the last
three weeks, based out of Nellis Air Force Base.
[China is] just the pacing challenge
that we train to so that we're ready...
We think that if we're ready for China,
we're ready for anybody, Colonel Jared Hutchinson, U.S. Air Force, via Reuters.
Fox News reports that the U.K.
deployed the Voyager refueling aircraft
and several Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets. .
Fox News reports that the U.K.
deployed the Voyager refueling aircraft
and several Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets. .
Australia deployed the EA-18G Growler
aircraft to participate in the war games.
As the exercises were taking place, the Biden
administration ordered a Chinese surveillance craft to
be shot down after drifting across the continental U.S.
As the exercises were taking place, the Biden
administration ordered a Chinese surveillance craft to
be shot down after drifting across the continental U.S.
Fox News reports that the shoot-down
has contributed to rising tension
between the U.S. and China.
The spy balloon incident took place
amid already fraught U.S.- China
relations over the status of Taiwan.
Meanwhile, on February 8, North Korean dictator
Kim Jong Un unveiled a dozen ICBM launchers in a military
parade, further destabilizing the Indo-Pacific region.
Meanwhile, on February 8, North Korean dictator
Kim Jong Un unveiled a dozen ICBM launchers in a military
parade, further destabilizing the Indo-Pacific region.
Fox News points out that China remains a close
ally of North Korea, while the U.S., Japan,
South Korea and Australia remain allied.