China had protested what it called "close-in reconnaissance" of Chinese territory by the U.S. military in the past.

The U.S. has the world's largest carrier fleet with 11 in service, while China ranks second with three and Japan has two ...

enabling launch fixed-wing aircraft. Newsweek's weekly update maps aircraft carrier movements in the strategic Indo-Pacific region. As of December 27, the locations of 11 vessels were publicly ...

The U.S. Pacific Air Forces told Newsweek that the RC-135 spy planes were conducting planned, routine operations.