Focus Taiwan
Date: 2017/12/20
By: Lu Hsin-hui and Romulo Huang
Taipei, Dec. 20 (CNA) Several Chinese military aircraft were seen flying near Taiwan again
File photo/photo courtesy of the Ministry of National Defense
on Wednesday, passing through the Bashi Channel to the south then going north before flying over the Miyako Strait that lies between two Japanese islands, the Ministry of National Defense (MND) said.
The military aircraft returned to their bases in China on the same route after apparently conducting training missions in the western Pacific, the ministry said in a press release.
One of the planes was a TU-154 electronic surveillance aircraft, while the others included an Su-30 fighter, IL-78 aerial refueling plane and a Xian H-6 bomber, the ministry said.
In addition, the ministry said, a Shaanxi Y-8 transport aircraft flew over the Bashi Channel into the western Pacific and returned to its base in China via the Miyako Strait.
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