A Chinese J-20 Mighty Dragon and a US F-22 Raptor (file photos edited by The Aviationist for illustration purposes only) Experts have recently warned that the PLAAF 5th gen fighter, thanks to the espionage efforts, is more advanced than it otherwise would be. But the real question is: has China been able to catch up? …
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Japan Says It Strongly Presumes China Sent Three Spy Balloons Into Its Airspace
A balloon spotted in Sendai, Japan, on June 17, 2020. A balloon spotted in Sendai, Japan, on June 17, 2020. (Image credit: Sendai Astronomical Observatory) Three mysterious balloon-shaped flying objects were spotted inside the Japanese airspace in 2019, 2020 and 2021. “As a result of further analysis of specific balloon-shaped flying objects that have been …
Commentary: Chinese Spy Balloon Hysteria… or Not?
By the time you read this, it’s very likely that another spy balloon or spy cylinder or UFO or who knows what will have been detected by U.S. and/or Canadian sky watchers and somebody will likely have already shot it down. What’s going on? Nobody is saying, and that’s the alarming part. The whole big …
Multiple Nations Investigating Chinaâs Efforts To Recruit Western Pilots
File photo of a Royal Air Force Typhoon pilot preparing to start the jet for a training mission. (Photo: Royal Air Force) Western pilots approached with remunerative contracts to provide training to Chinese pilots. After reports about British pilots being targeted by China trying to recruit them to train the People’s Liberation Army Air Force, …
Government Approves Waiver To Resume F-35 Deliveries After Halt Over Chinese Alloy
An F-35A Lightning II appointed to the 4th Fighter Squadron, Hill Air Force Base, Utah, removes for a Red Flag-Nellis 22-3 objective, July 19, 2022. When a Chinese alloy was discovered in the F-35’s turbomachine pumps,(U.S. Air Force image by Airman 1st Class Makenna Gott)The distributions were stopped. Concerning a month after they were stopped, …