China deployed 16 J-11BH fighters to Woody Island

An anonymous U.S. defense official said China has deployed 16 indigenous J-11BH fighters from the People’s Liberation Army Naval Air Force (PLANAF) to Woody Island.

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Although the type of aircraft had appeared on the island before, this time round the deployment of double-digit number of aircraft was unprecedented.

The same official added that the fighters arrived at the Paracel archipelago on Apr. 7.

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