Fighters from USS John C. Stennis approached RoCAF C-130 over South China Sea

A Republic of China Air Force C-130 carrying a group of 20 former senior government officials to Taiping Island in the Spratly archipelago was approached by two U.S. Navy fighters from USS John C. Stennis over the South China Sea on May 5.

ROCAF C-130H 1304 Taxiing into Songshan Air Force Base Runway 20151222a
By 玄史生 (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 or GFDL], via Wikimedia Commons

United Daily News reported that at one point, the fighters came within visual range of the cargo plane.