1. What's on board an EP-3E?

    ... required to meet worldwide commitments. The 12th aircraft, undergoing a P-3C to EP-3E conversion ... of the emergency landing by a Navy EP-3E surveillance plane at a Chinese air base is whether ... as an EP-3E "ARIES" (Airborne Reconnaissance Integrated Electronic Suite) II -- was forced to make

  2. Navy plane monitoring Chinese destroyer

    ... The U.S. Navy EP-3E surveillance aircraft forced to land at a Chinese air base after being "bumped ... , of the type that collided with U.S. Navy EP-3E The source, which was not named ... by the newspaper, said after one of a pair of Chinese F-8 fighters collided with the EP-3E, the plane

  3. Clinton kept lidon PLA jet threats

    ... . Shays is interested in human-rights issues there. But hopes of recovering intact the EP-3E spy plane ... into the U.S. military's top-secret signals-gathering technology. In such emergencies, the EP-3E crew ... -tipped SS-N-22 Sunburn anti-ship missiles, is of particular concern to the U.S. Pacific fleet because

  4. U.S. plane to beef up Beijing's force projection?

    ... China's acquisition of a U.S. Navy EP-3E Aries II surveillance plane is likely to enhance Beijing's ... and gauge their motives," the report said. With the onboard systems contained in the EP-3E ... to," analysts said. Former P-3 and EP-3 aviators who contacted WND said the plane likely would not have

  5. Japan wants more U.S. surveillance flights

    ... flights, as well. Japanese P-3 on patrol. Japan's own fleet of P-3C aircraft have been ... P-3s, some bought from the U.S., but most built in Japan under license from the U.S. The United

  6. Bush lauded for handling of EP-3 incident

    ... fighter pilot who bumped and critically damaged a U.S. Navy EP-3E over the South China Sea on April ... of getting the crew of the P-3 out of China," said Bucher, who retired from the U.S. Navy in 1973 ... vessels, including four torpedo boats. Like the U.S. Navy EP-3E forced earlier this year to land

  7. Taipei mulls U.S. arms sale

    ... , 12 P-3C Orion anti-submarine warfare planes and MH-53E amphibious assault helicopters. Speaking

  8. Sex Pistols spit on Hall of Fame honor

    ... While some pop music pioneers are still awaiting a call from the Rock 'n' Roll Hall ... website. "Next to the SEX PISTOLS rock and roll and that hall of fame is a p--- stain ... being the outrageous punksters that they are, and that's rock 'n' roll." Related story: Who's missing from the rock Hall of Fame?

  9. Admiral fears U.S. not ready

    ... and not ready to meet its responsibilities." P-3C Orion aircraft ... The officer said that recently four squadrons of P-3 Orions -- naval anti

  10. EP-3E missile-telemetry secrets compromised?

    ... WASHINGTON -- If a U.S. negotiating team in China can't repossess a downed EP-3E plane ... -monitoring technology aboard the surveillance aircraft, defense experts say. The EP-3E Aries II ... telemetry. All this is well-known. What has not been widely reported, if at all, is that the EP-3E has