{"id":5519,"date":"2022-08-14T13:55:39","date_gmt":"2022-08-14T13:55:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/08\/14\/china-sending-fighter-jets-to-thailand-for-joint-exercises\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T20:07:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T20:07:35","slug":"china-sending-fighter-jets-to-thailand-for-joint-exercises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/china\/2022\/08\/14\/china-sending-fighter-jets-to-thailand-for-joint-exercises\/","title":{"rendered":"China sending fighter jets to Thailand for joint exercises"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BANGKOK \u2014 The Chinese air force is sending fighter jets and bombers to Thailand for a joint exercise with the Thai military on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The training will include air support, strikes on ground targets and small- and large-scale troop deployment, the Chinese Defense Ministry said in a&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/eng.mod.gov.cn\/news\/2022-08\/12\/content_4918002.htm\">statement<\/a>&nbsp;posted on its website.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/2022\/08\/12\/in-think-tanks-taiwan-war-game-us-beats-china-at-high-cost\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP22208412363775.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">In think tank\u2019s Taiwan war game, US beats China at high cost<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">It&#039;s a pessimistic, but realistic, 2026 war game scenario.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">China\u2019s expanding military activities in the Asia-Pacific region have alarmed the United States and its allies and form part of a growing strategic and economic competition that has inflamed tensions between the world\u2019s two largest economies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2022\/06\/13\/us-defense-secretary-austin-meets-thai-leader-to-boost-ties\/\" target=\"_blank\">visited Thailand<\/a>&nbsp;in June as part of an effort to strengthen what he called America\u2019s \u201cunparalleled network of alliances and partnerships\u201d in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Falcon Strike exercise will be held at the Udorn Royal Thai Air Force Base in northern Thailand near the border with Laos. 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