Chinese Fighter Jet Makes ‘Unsafe Maneuver’ Near US Military Aircraft Over South China Sea: Pentagon

A Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy J-11 fighter pilot performs an unsafe maneuver during an intercept of a U.S. Air Force RC-135 aircraft, which was lawfully conducting routine operations over the South China Sea in international airspace, on Dec. 21, 2022, in a still from video. Courtesy of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command/Screenshot via The Epoch Times

A Chinese fighter jet recently carried out “an unsafe maneuver” while it was close to a U.S. Air Force plane over the South China Sea, forcing the U.S. aircraft to “take evasive maneuvers to avoid a collision,” the U.S. military announced on Dec. 29.

The encounter on Dec. 21 involved a People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy J-11 fighter jet and a U.S. Air Force RC-135 aircraft, a large reconnaissance aircraft.