TOKYO (AP) — Japan and Australia urged calm on Sunday after Chinese military aircraft locked radar on Japanese fighter jets, a month after the Japanese leader’s recent remarks on Taiwan that stirred tensions between Tokyo and Beijing.

A Russian-operated Ilyushin Il-76 military transport aircraft supporting the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) crashed west of Port Sudan during its landing approach at Osman Digna Airbase on December 9, killing all crew members aboard.

After 54 year of support, the Army divested its aerial intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance turboprop fleet.

The Japanese air force and U.S. military conducted the exercise, emphasizing their resolve to prevent unilateral changes by force.

U.S. nuclear-capable bombers flew over the Sea of Japan alongside Japanese fighter jets on Wednesday, Tokyo said, in a show of force following Chinese and Russian drills in the skies and seas around Japan and South Korea.

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has commended two Alpha Jet pilots for their “exceptional courage and professionalism” after they safely ejected during an in-flight emergency on Saturday, December 6, 2025,

The move Tuesday appears to be the closest American warplanes have come to the South American country’s airspace since the start of the Trump administration’s pressure campaign in the region.

South Korea's military said it had scrambled fighter jets when Chinese and Russian military planes entered and left its air defence zone on Tuesday.