Source: AAP / Lukas Coch The government has labelled a Chinese pilot's actions as wrong and unsafe, after a Chinese fighter jet released flares within 30m of an Australian military plane The ...

Australia has accused a Chinese fighter jet of releasing flares that almost hit one of its military aircraft flying over the South China Sea earlier this week. In a statement, Canberra said that one ...

MANILA – The Philippine government, through the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), on Friday expressed concern over the recent flare deployment of a Chinese fighter jet in front of an Australian ...

Australia learned about Chinese live-fire naval drills off the ... the former Emirates senior captain and a former Australian air force fighter pilot, said it was China that was being provocative.

Australia says a Chinese fighter jet has released flares "in close proximity to" an Australian air force maritime patrol aircraft over the South China Sea. It says both the aircraft and its crew ...

On February 21st a commercial pilot flying over the Tasman Sea received a surprise warning from a Chinese navy task-force in international waters that it was engaging in live-fire drills.

Defence also confirmed last week a Chinese fighter had released flares in front of an Australian military plane, in what it described as an "unsafe and unprofessional" interaction.

Senior U.S. diplomats said inter-views with the plane's crew, who returned home on Thursday after being held for 11 days, made it clear the Chinese fighter pilot who crashed into them was to blame.

China has been quick to respond to claims a Chinese fighter jet released flares within 30 metres of an Australian aircraft. The incident occurred on Tuesday about 1pm as a Royal Australian Air ...

On February 11, a Chinese Air Force (PLAAF) J-16 fighter jet dangerously intercepted a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) P-8 Poseidon, which was conducting a flight in international airspace over the ...