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. U.S. Navy plane victimof 'electronic ambush'?

    ... The "clipping" in midair of a U.S. Navy EP-3E Aries II surveillance plane and its resultant landing ... Clinton's day." Chinese F-8 fighter of the type that reportedly struck a U.S. Navy EP-3E ... launched by a U.S. B-2 bomber. As to the Phalcon sale, U.S. officials said the plane would give

  3. Did Chinese fighter shoot at Navy plane?

    ... Tens of thousands of readers on Wednesday learned that our Navy EP-3E surveillance plane now ... Hainan Island home. Incredibly, virtually no other news organization picked up this story. Now ... granted, as a WND reporter, I love it when we manage to "scoop" other news agencies. And actually

  4. Aircraft attacks common in Cold War

    ... since the crew's damaged EP-3E surveillance plane was forced to land at an airbase on China's ... increasingly aggressive over the past year. And, WND reported yesterday that the EP-3E may have been fired ... and American historical documents. Russia: A Yak-9 damaged and forced to land a USAF B-29 Aug. 29

  5. 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

  6. Words can't magic away the trade deficit

    ... we can give in return. 3a: Goods we produce today. 3b: Goods we produced yesterday. 3c. Goods ... be trading with Santa Claus, because we are getting goods for nothing. Here's what 3a-3c above mean ... office buildings. 3c. is when we go into debt to foreigners. 3b and 3c happen when America runs

  7. U.S. firms modernizedBeijing's fighters

    ... -8II fighter jets of the type used to intercept an American EP-3E aircraft and force it to land ... collision with a U.S. Navy EP-3E surveillance aircraft April 1; a second F-8 reportedly forced the American ... in Columbus, Ohio, previously used by Rockwell to assemble the B-1 bomber, from September 11-19, 1993

  8. Deal for crew releasealready made?

    ... of reduced military support to Taiwan. The U.S. hostages were aboard an EP-3E surveillance aircraft ... called into question why U.S. fighter coverage was not provided to the EP-3E spy plane after repeated ... instead of using satellite reconnaissance. Hackworth described the EP-3E as “obsolete

  9. 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

  10. Spy flights near mainland suspended

    ... in the wake of an incident involving a U.S. Navy EP-3E and a Chinese fighter last week, sources told ... ," the source said. U.S. Navy EP-3E Aries II surveillance plane. A Pentagon spokesman told WND ... in midair, causing the EP-3E to make an emergency landing at China's Hainan Island airbase