Chinese officials took issue with Japan’s claim. Wang Xuemeng, a spokesman for the Chinese Navy, said in a statement that the Liaoning was carrying out “routine carrier-based fighter jet flight ...

The Japanese Defense Ministry has announced that Chinese J-15 fighter aircraft took off from China's Liaoning aircraft ...

Koizumi reported that two of the Liaoning’s J-15 fighter jets locked their radars on two Japanese F-15 fighter jets from approximately 4:32 p.m. to 4:35 p.m. and 6:37 p.m. to 7:08 p.m. on Saturday ...

Japan has scrambled jets to monitor Russian and Chinese air forces conducting joint patrols around the country, the Japanese ...

Russian and Chinese bombers conducted a joint patrol Tuesday, flying over the East China Sea and Western Pacific, prompting Seoul and Tokyo to scramble fighter aircraft to monitor the flights. At ...

Japanese F-15 jets flanked by Liaoning-based Chinese J-15s experienced radar locking December 6, sparking strong protests from Tokyo as tensions surge post-Takaichi Taiwan remarks. Japan says no ...

Japanese fighter jets had been scrambled to pursue Chinese jets that were conducting aircraft takeoff and landing exercises in the Pacific.

China and Japan ties, already frayed by comments made by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Taiwan, came under further strain at the weekend after a Chinese fighter aircraft trained fire-control radar ...

Fighter jets use their radar for fire control to identify targets as well as for search and rescue operations.

U.S. nuclear-capable bombers flew over the Sea of Japan alongside Japanese fighter jets on Wednesday, Tokyo said, in a show ...

American strategic bombers trained alongside Japanese aircraft in what Washington and Tokyo described as a demonstration of ...