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China Balloon

LISTEN: New Details from the Audio of the Chinese Spy Balloon Shoot Down

Feb. 7, 2023 | By Chris Gordon
Recordings of radio transmissions, synced up with video, shed new light on how an F-22 shot down a Chinese spy balloon. Flight trackers and ordinary citizens were able to monitor radio frequencies and air-tracking services as the F-22 Raptor scored its first known air-to-air kill,

NORAD Missed Previous Chinese Spy Balloons: ‘A Domain Awareness Gap We Have to Figure Out’

Feb. 6, 2023 | By Chris Gordon
Chinese balloons have previously entered U.S. airspace but went undetected by the Pentagon, revealing a gap in American air defenses, NORAD and NORTHCOM commander Gen. Glen D. VanHerck said.

Chinese Surveillance Balloon Shot Down By F-22 After Crossing the US

Feb. 4, 2023 | By Chris Gordon
A U.S. Air Force F-22 shot down a Chinese surveillance balloon off the coast of South Carolina on Feb. 4, a week after it first entered U.S. airspace near Alaska. Officials said they took measures to prevent the balloon from gathering sensitive military information and ...

F-22s Scramble from Nellis in Response to Chinese Spy Balloon Over US

Feb. 2, 2023 | By Chris Gordon
The Pentagon is tracking what it says is a Chinese surveillance balloon over the continental United States, it said Feb. 2. The U.S. military scrambled two Air Force F-22 Raptors from Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. on Feb. 1 in response to the incident, Air ...
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