{"id":78151,"date":"2022-12-29T21:04:49","date_gmt":"2022-12-29T21:04:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/12\/29\/dangerously-close-video-shows-chinese-jet-buzzing-us-spy-plane\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T00:47:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T00:47:53","slug":"dangerously-close-video-shows-chinese-jet-buzzing-us-spy-plane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/flashpoints\/2022\/12\/29\/dangerously-close-video-shows-chinese-jet-buzzing-us-spy-plane\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Dangerously\u2019 close: Video shows Chinese jet buzzing US spy plane"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-smg-jwplayer-video\"><atype-video-jwplayer nostick=\"true\" playlisturl=\"https:\/\/cdn.jwplayer.com\/v2\/playlists\/fCzRqMW8?tags=bacd69ef-17ae-469e-a1c1-bae2028b0a52\" poster=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/video-poster-bacd69ef-17ae-469e-a1c1-bae2028b0a52.jpg\" aspectratio=\"16 \/ 9\" mute autostart=\"false\"><\/atype-video-jwplayer><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A Chinese J-11 fighter pilot performed an unsafe maneuver during and intercept of a U.S. Air Force RC-135 aircraft, the U.S. says.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 The Pentagon on Thursday released video it said showed a Chinese fighter jet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2021\/04\/28\/spike-in-russian-aircraft-intercepts-straining-air-force-crews-in-alaska-three-star-says\/\" target=\"_blank\">coming dangerously close<\/a> to a U.S. Air Force RC-135 Rivet Joint reconnaissance plane over the South China Sea last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The People\u2019s Liberation Army Navy pilot flew the J-11 fighter in front of, and within 20 feet of, the Rivet Joint\u2019s nose during the Dec. 21 intercept, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A U.S. military spokesperson said the Chinese fighter first came about 10 feet from the Rivet Joint\u2019s wing, before moving in front of the U.S. plane. In that position, the spokesperson said, it was unlikely the Chinese pilot could safely see the RC-135.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The spokesperson said the Air Force plane maintained its course and speed, and the Chinese fighter \u201cdangerously drifted within 20 feet of the RC-135\u2032s nose.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This was \u201can unsafe maneuver &#8230; forcing the RC-135 to take evasive maneuvers to avoid a collision,\u201d INDOPACOM said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The command also said the Rivet Joint was in international airspace at the time, conducting \u201croutine operations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe U.S. Indo-Pacific Joint Force is dedicated to a free and open Indo-Pacific region and will continue to fly, sail and operate at sea and in international airspace with due regard for the safety of all vessels and aircraft under international law,\u201d the command said. \u201cWe expect all countries in the Indo-Pacific region to use international airspace safely and in accordance with international law.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. military said this incident \u201creflects a concerning trend of unsafe and dangerous intercept practices by the PLA that are of grave concern to the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In June, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said in a speech at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore that the U.S. has \u201cseen an alarming increase in the number of unsafe aerial intercepts and confrontations at sea by PLA aircraft and vessels.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. military said this incident \u201creflects a concerning trend of unsafe and dangerous intercept practices&#8221; by China.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":117140,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":"","_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_acf":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":8,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_smg_distribution_targets":[]},"categories":[101,8,23,93,25],"tags":[],"coauthors":[3225],"class_list":["post-78151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-news-roundup","category-flashpoints","category-home","category-middle-column","category-newsletters"],"acf":{"subheadline":"","legacy_arc_id":"4K5P4NJRMJAV5NNRD2FG6YSARU","arc_canonical_url":"\/air\/2022\/12\/29\/dangerously-close-video-shows-chinese-jet-buzzing-us-spy-plane\/","remove_feature_photo":true,"is_sponsored":false,"subtype":"","redirect_url":"","disable_inline_ads":false,"native_logo_pretext":"Presented By:"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.0 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - 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