The Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative (AMTI) said today that China has installed large anti-aircraft guns and probable close-in weapons systems (CIWS) on the artificial islands it controls in the Spratly archipelago.
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Japan asks U.S. to suspend MV-22 flights
Japan’s Defense Minister Tomomi Inada told reporters that she has asked the U.S. military to suspend flights of the MV-22 after one went down in waters off Okinawa on Dec. 13.
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Turkish Air Force F-16 crashes
Turkey lost a F-16 on Dec. 12 as the jet was approaching an air base in Diyarbakır to land. The pilot was able to eject and was reported to be in good health.
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Japanese, Spanish aircrew rescue two men in Gulf of Aden
Two men were stranded on upturned skiffs in the Gulf of Aden on Dec. 6. They were spotted by a Japanese P-3 as dawn breaks and soon a Spanish aircraft arrived to relief the JMSDF aircraft while a Spanish warship was dispatched to pick up the men.
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TC-90 leased to Philippines will be flown to Sangley Point in February or March
The Philippine Navy says the first of five TC-90 aircraft leased from Japan will be flown to Sangley Point in February or March next year.
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