The U.S. Air Force has deployed the 18th Air Wing at Kadena Base in Okinawa . The Wing belongs to the US Pacific Air Force. According to the information obtained by the global line of fire, the 18th Air Wing has 2 squadrons with 54 F-s. 15C/D fighter , 15 KC-135R large aerial tankers, 3 E-3C watchtower large airborne early warning aircraft and 10 HH-60 Black Hawk helicopters. In addition to the Kadena base, the US Pacific Air Force has fighter jets deployed at the Misawa Base, Yokota Base in Japan, and Elmendorf Base in Alaska. The main task of the US Pacific Air Force is to achieve containment of China and Russia, which can be seen from the deployed bases.
The East China Sea alert sounded again on January 21. According to ADS-B signal data, an E-3C large airborne early warning aircraft of the U.S. Air Force entered the East China Sea and launched military operations. E-3C watchtower large airborne early warning aircraft is the world's largest large-scale airborne early warning aircraft with the largest equipment scale. The US Air Force alone has 30 aircraft. The airborne early warning aircraft of the United States Air Force is deployed in a decentralized manner with the aviation wing. In this way, daily joint training activities can be carried out. E-3C is improved on the basis of Boeing 707 airliner . At present, the U.S. Air Force has a number of models related to the Boeing 707 airliner.
The U.S. Air Force's E-3C watchtower airborne early warning aircraft appeared in the East China Sea. The threat posed is huge, because the E-3C early warning aircraft can detect targets on the southeast coast through its large radar. The US military has been trying to establish the so-called "one-way transparency" advantage, which is to obtain the initiative in the future battlefield through the collection of various types of intelligence. Under normal circumstances, the U.S. Air Force rarely deploys E-3C early warning aircraft into the East China Sea and South China Sea activities. This is the first time the E-3C early warning aircraft enters the East China Sea for military operations in 2021.
On January 20, 2021, Biden has been appointed as the 46th President of the United States, and now the Pentagon of the United States has become more rigid. After the farce of the US presidential election is over, the Pentagon does not need to be confused anymore, because the Biden team’s decisions are predictive and will not be as fickle as Trump. The U.S. military deployed multiple routes on January 21. In addition to operations in the East China Sea, there were also operations in the South China Sea and Yellow Sea. The U.S. troops deployed EP-3C and RC-135W in the South China Sea and E-8C in the Yellow Sea. model.
After using various types of reconnaissance aircraft at Kadena base, it also used the E-2C Hawkeye early warning aircraft such as the USS Roosevelt to launch operations in the Ryukyu Sea. For a long time, the US military has carried out various military operations in the first island chain of . Now the aircraft carrier CVN71 Roosevelt is in the Philippine Sea of . This has given the US military in the Asia-Pacific region more confidence. 202101365 text / Ali.
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