US resumes spy flights off China's coast

A spy plane has flown the first United States reconnaissance mission off China's coast since a mid-air collision between a US plane and a Chinese jet.

A spy plane has flown the first United States reconnaissance mission off China's coast since a mid-air collision between a US plane and a Chinese jet.

The RC-135 reconnaissance plane, flying from Kadena Air Base on the Japanese island of Okinawa, flew a routine track along the northern portion of China's coastline.

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