The US F-16CM team brought a total of 24 missiles against AIM-120 and AIM-9 when he moved to the East Sea of the Army with the carrier Theodore Roosevelt.
The US Navy on April 12, the 4th Team of F-16CM fighters from Based in Japan over the road of thousands of kilometers to the National Assembly for the USS Thedore Roosevelt aircraft team in the South China Sea, south of Taiwan Island
The image of Marq93hispeed accounts on Twitter social networks on April 18 showed that the F-16 fighters landed on the Yokota air base in Japan after the East Sea's rehearsal.
Close-up photo shows that these F-16 fighters are equipped with a maximum combat configuration, with 5 non-mid-range AIM-120C-7 amraam missiles, a short-range bullet AIM-9M or 9X,
Under the aircraft belly is an electronic defense equipment cluster / ALQ-184.
F-16cm fighters landed on Yokota base after the flight in the East Sea on April 12.
"The whole rocket is a real bullet, instead of just a model in training courses. This is less common, especially with the forces station in Japan. It shows that this is not just a training trip
The meeting between the Carrier Battle of theodore Roosevelt and the F-16CM team took place on the same day the Chinese military deployed 25 aircraft to the area to identify the air defense in the southwest Taiwan Island.
The flight of the F-16 team is in the US reaction series before China's recent moves in the South China Sea, which implemented hundreds of illegal iron shells in the first three-year beach in the area
The United States and the Philippines of ships and the aircraft to the East Sea to signal warning with the Chinese fleet, even the US Foreign Affairs also claimed to unless the plan "use force" if the armed force or ship
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A week of US aircraft carrier - Trung broke from each other in the South China Sea.
America owns more modern fighters, but the Chinese army has a geographical advantage.
"Missile moves show that the US has the ability to perform fighting patrol tasks near Taiwan Island and regional hotspots, emphasizing the ability to deploy air force from remote bases when
However, the David Ax military expert said that the deployment of fighter from the distance to reveal the weakness of the US, because each F-16 needs at least one aircraft supports aircraft to fly from Japan