An H-6K bomber takes off to participate in the high-sea training on November 27, 2015.
NANJING, Nov. 27 (ChinaMil) -- The Air Force of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) sent its H-6K bombers and other types of warplanes to fly more than 1000 kilometers beyond the “first island chain” to carry out high-sea training over the West Pacific Ocean by flying over the Miyako Strait on November 27, 2015, PLA Air Force Spokesman Shen Jinke said in Nanjing, east China’s Jiangsu Province on the same day.
Shen Jinke said that the PLA Air Force also sent H-6K bombers and other types of fighters and airborne early warning (AEW) aircraft at the same time to patrol the Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) over the East China Sea.