Japan: Two Chinese H-6 bombers Flew Between Okinawa And Miyako Island. Japan Scrambles Fighters

Japan Air Self-Defense Force scrambled the fighters of the Southwestern Air Force in response.

Aug 25, 2023

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Japanese Ministry of Defense: "Two Chinese bombers (H-6) flew over the Pacific Ocean from the East China Sea, passing between the main island of Okinawa and Miyako Island. In contrast, Japan Air Self-Defense Force scrambled the fighters of the Southwestern Air Force to respond”.

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Japanese Ministry of Defense (translation): "Regarding the trend of Russian naval vessels, the Ministry of Defense and the Self-Defense Forces have announced that the Maritime Self-Defense Force Ominato Guard Corps "Suou" (Ominato), Yokosuka Guard Corps "Enshu" (Yokosuka), and the 2nd Air Group "P-3C" (Hachinohe) belonging to the 2nd Aviation Group. They also carried out surveillance and information gathering."

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