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Video shows Chinese fighter jet flying close to US aircraft
The U.S. military says a Chinese fighter jet flew aggressively close to a U.S. reconnaissance aircraft over the South China Sea.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
Biden’s Ukraine aid package is getting super-sized by Congress
Lawmakers unveiled a $13.6 billion Ukraine aid package on Wednesday that took President Joe Biden’s request for weapons and training for Ukrainian forces and put it on steroids.
By Joe Gould
US Air Force ramps up intel flights, weapons shipments to Ukraine
Flight trackers have spotted American Rivet Joint, Global Hawk, Reaper and Joint STARS aircraft, plus allied assets.
Report: Spy plane monitored protest where the head of the California National Guard lives
Maj. Gen. David Baldwin said the fact that he lives in El Dorado Hills had nothing to do with the California National Guard sending the RC-26B to monitor peaceful protests there in June.
IG: Air Guard intel planes surveilled seven George Floyd protests without proper authorization
It was the first time the RC-26 had been used to observe civil disturbances in support of law enforcement, the IG said.
Russians post video of their intercept of Navy, Air Force aircraft over Black Sea
Russia scrambled an Su-30 fighter on Friday to intercept an RC-135 reconnaissance aircraft, a P-8 Poseidon and a KC-135 aerial refueling aircraft, according to Russian authorities.
House lawmakers put limits on the Air Force’s planned Global Hawk divestment
The Air Force wants to retire its RQ-4 Block 30 surveillance drones in fiscal 2021.
By Valerie Insinna