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The two planes glided into the disputed waters on Wednesday amid mounting tensions between Washington and Beijing. Earlier Tuesday, China claimed that warships and planes were expelling US warships from the Paracel Island chain in the South China Sea.
In its announcement, the US Air Force. USA It acknowledged that two Lancer bombers had carried out 32-hour round-trip flights from South Dakota to conduct operations in the South China Sea as part of the mission of the bomber task force.
“This operation demonstrates the dynamic model of the US Air Force workforce. It is in line with the goals of the National Defense Strategy that can be strategically predicted with the presence of continuous bombers, reassuring allies. and partners, “said the US Air Force. USA In a quoted statement SINDOnews.com from the official site, last night (5/1/2020).
The statement added that the Pentagon had moved to adopt a “dynamic forced labor” system as a way to keep its opponents off guard by breaking the routine spread and troop movement. (Read: China Claims to Send US Warships into the South China Sea)
Photos takento post by the Pentagon media center, Defense Visual Information Distribution Service (DVIDS) it shows a pair of supersonic bombers, originating from the Ellsworth Air Force Base, that refuel over the Pacific Ocean on their way to Southeast Asia.
The Washington state-based account monitoring plane saw two Lancer bombers near a KC-135 refueling plane. Her photo was uploaded to Twitter on Thursday night.
This is the second time in nearly a week that the United States Air Force has dispatched Lancer bombers on dramatic intimidation flights.
On April 24, a Lancer bomber flew to Japan and teamed up with several American and Japanese fighter jets to train in the Sea of Japan, just a few hundred miles from what is believed to be the place where North Korean leader Kim Jong-un recovered after the operation. The surprise 30-hour flight was also operated out of Ellsworth.
However, the visit of a pair of Lancer bombers to the South China Sea on Wednesday came amid a very tense situation between Washington and Beijing.
A day earlier, on Tuesday, Chinese media reported that the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA-N) Navy had expelled the destroyer USS Barry from the waters of the Paracel Island chain in the South China Sea claimed by China and Vietnam.
“The Chinese Air Force and Navy expel unauthorized US warships into Chinese territorial waters off the Xisha Islands in the South China Sea because the actions of the United States can easily cause accidents,” he wrote. Global times which uses the Chinese name for the island.
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