Ziggy
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@Bobby Jo
In that article with Veritas about Fox 26,
I went to the Home page to see what other news they had.
Did you read this?
Disturbing...
China Sends Long-Range Bomber toward U.S. ADIZ Hawaii! U.S. Scrambles two F-22 Raptors - FULLY ARMED
China Sends Long-Range Bomber toward U.S. ADIZ Hawaii! U.S. Scrambles two F-22 Raptors - FULLY ARMED
On Sunday, the People's Republic of China sent at least one long-range, nuclear-capable, strategic bomber, from mainland China toward the U.S. islands at Hawaii. The U.S. scrambled two F-22 Raptors, fully armed with external fuel tanks as that aircraft approached the U.S. Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ).
The pair of F-22 Raptors were launched on an alert scramble out of Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam on Sunday at around 4:00 PM local time.
A third F-22 joined the mission about an hour after pair's departure.
A KC-135 was also launched to support the fighters. The scramble, described as an "irregular patrol," was initiated at the request of the Federal Aviation Administration, which reported an 'incident,' although nobody is providing clear information as to what caused the prolonged scramble mission.
When asked by various media outlets as to the reason for the jets being scrambled, both the FAA and the military clammed-up, declining to say why.
Hawaii's F-22s are tasked with intercepting unknown or potentially threatening aircraft approaching the air defense identification zone (ADIZ) that surrounds the islands as shown in the graphic below:
What's odd here is that usually there is fairly straightforward messaging regarding these events. Even when Russian bombers, fighters, and surveillance aircraft approach U.S. shores, the U.S. military is usually open about the encounters.
As to why this intercept is not being addressed clearly is somewhat puzzling, but there could be national security issues involved that make issuing an immediate and detailed response problematic. This is likely the case based on a cryptic statement that The Star Advisor obtained:
The Hickam-based Air Force command added that the FAA requested that U.S. Indo-Pacific Command “conduct an irregular air patrol and the situation resolved, prompting the fighters and a KC-135 Stratotanker (a refueling plane) to return to base. We cannot discuss further specifics of the situation.”
Thanks to contacts within the Intelligence Community, the Hal Turner Show can now report the scramble was initiated because "China sent a long-range, nuclear-capable, H-6 bomber aircraft toward the Hawaii ADIZ." Intel sources confirm "the bomber had been refueled in-flight well off the coast of China and when FAA radar and **other resources** detected the flight path of the aircraft, it became clear it was headed to US territory in Hawaii."
This would be the first time China military has actually probed US territorial air defense detection capabilities.
One source from a diplomatic-oriented job within a government stated "this was an act of militancy by China; they seem to be getting a little too impressed with themselves."
In that article with Veritas about Fox 26,
I went to the Home page to see what other news they had.
Did you read this?
Disturbing...
China Sends Long-Range Bomber toward U.S. ADIZ Hawaii! U.S. Scrambles two F-22 Raptors - FULLY ARMED
China Sends Long-Range Bomber toward U.S. ADIZ Hawaii! U.S. Scrambles two F-22 Raptors - FULLY ARMED
On Sunday, the People's Republic of China sent at least one long-range, nuclear-capable, strategic bomber, from mainland China toward the U.S. islands at Hawaii. The U.S. scrambled two F-22 Raptors, fully armed with external fuel tanks as that aircraft approached the U.S. Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ).
The pair of F-22 Raptors were launched on an alert scramble out of Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam on Sunday at around 4:00 PM local time.
A third F-22 joined the mission about an hour after pair's departure.
A KC-135 was also launched to support the fighters. The scramble, described as an "irregular patrol," was initiated at the request of the Federal Aviation Administration, which reported an 'incident,' although nobody is providing clear information as to what caused the prolonged scramble mission.
When asked by various media outlets as to the reason for the jets being scrambled, both the FAA and the military clammed-up, declining to say why.
Hawaii's F-22s are tasked with intercepting unknown or potentially threatening aircraft approaching the air defense identification zone (ADIZ) that surrounds the islands as shown in the graphic below:
What's odd here is that usually there is fairly straightforward messaging regarding these events. Even when Russian bombers, fighters, and surveillance aircraft approach U.S. shores, the U.S. military is usually open about the encounters.
As to why this intercept is not being addressed clearly is somewhat puzzling, but there could be national security issues involved that make issuing an immediate and detailed response problematic. This is likely the case based on a cryptic statement that The Star Advisor obtained:
The Hickam-based Air Force command added that the FAA requested that U.S. Indo-Pacific Command “conduct an irregular air patrol and the situation resolved, prompting the fighters and a KC-135 Stratotanker (a refueling plane) to return to base. We cannot discuss further specifics of the situation.”
Thanks to contacts within the Intelligence Community, the Hal Turner Show can now report the scramble was initiated because "China sent a long-range, nuclear-capable, H-6 bomber aircraft toward the Hawaii ADIZ." Intel sources confirm "the bomber had been refueled in-flight well off the coast of China and when FAA radar and **other resources** detected the flight path of the aircraft, it became clear it was headed to US territory in Hawaii."
This would be the first time China military has actually probed US territorial air defense detection capabilities.
One source from a diplomatic-oriented job within a government stated "this was an act of militancy by China; they seem to be getting a little too impressed with themselves."
