The plane was recovered using a remotely operated vehicle, known as the CURV-21, that attached specialized rigging and lift lines to the aircraft so it could be raised by the crane aboard the Picasso.

China's claim to nearly the entire South China Sea overlaps with the EEZs of several Southeast Asian nations. A 2016 ruling by an international tribunal rejected these expansive claims, but ...

Satellite imagery shows China landed two of its most advanced bombers in the disputed Paracel islands in the South China Sea this month - a gesture that some analysts described as Beijing's latest ...

China calls Hegseth's remarks 'deplorable' Hegseth urged Asian allies to step up defence spending; Australia pledged $6 bln to defence; China warned against 'interference' in South China Sea, Taiwan ...

U.S. Pacific Air Forces last confirmed a B-52 mission in the South China Sea on Nov. 20 of last year. That mission was one of a series of B-52 flights in the region that had taken place in the ...

China has failed to intimidate rival claimant states into surrendering their sovereign interests in the disputed South China Sea despite its intensifying “bullying tactics” and the United ...

BEIJING (Reuters) -China's military held joint sea and air patrols in the South China Sea on Saturday, a spokesperson for the People's Liberation Army's Southern Theater Command said.

While the Nimitz returned to the South China Sea for operations, its sister ship, the Japan-based USS George Washington, was also underway on Sunday in waters near the Northeast Asian country, ...

China has installed large steel cages and a former oil drilling rig in the Yellow Sea, raising concerns in South Korea that they could be used for military purposes.