Chinese Fighter 'Intercepts' US Jet, Performs Acrobatics
Friday, 22 Aug 2014 04:20 PM The United States charged on Friday that a Chinese fighter pilot conducted a "dangerous intercept" of a Navy patrol plane in international air space this week, flying a few yards from the U.S. jet and performing acrobatic maneuvers around it. Rear Admiral John Kirby, the Pentagon press secretary, said the United States lodged a formal diplomatic protest with Beijing over the incident, which took place on Tuesday 135 miles east of Hainan Island, site of a sensitive Chinese submarine base.