Three American military planes fly past Taiwan: MND

Focus Taiwan
Date: 02/12/2020
By: Matt Yu, Stacy Hsu and Joseph Yeh

Taipei, Feb. 12 (CNA) Three United States military aircraft flew close to Taiwan early Wednesday, two days after Chinese military planes crossed into Taiwan airspace, according to the Ministry of National Defense (MND).

The American aircraft — an MC-130J Commando II multi-mission combat transport plane and two B-52 Stratofortress long-range, swept-wing heavy bombers – flew past Taiwan at different times of the day and on different routes, the MND said.

The two B-52 Stratofortress bombers flew past Taiwan's east coast, heading south, early Wednesday morning, while the MC-130J Commando II took a route over the Taiwan Strait, also going south, later in the morning, the ministry said.

It was the second time this month that a U.S. B-52 bomber entered Taiwan's airspace, while an American MC-130J aircraft last flew past Taiwan, over the Taiwan Strait, on Nov. 6, 2019, according to the MND.    [FULL  STORY]