China's Air Force to carry out combat patrols in South China Sea

Shen Jinke, Senior Colonel and spokesperson of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) speaks at a news conference for the 10th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition on September 16, 2014. [Photo: VCG]

Senior Colonel Shen Jinke, spokesperson for the Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) said on Sunday that China is sending bombers and fighters like the H-6K and Sukhoi Su-35 to the South China Sea to carry out combat patrols.

A H-6K bomber of China's PLAAF on display at the China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition in Zhuhai, in south China's Guangdong Province, on November 1, 2016. [Photo: VCG]

Sukhoi Su-35 fighter jets fly to the South China Sea on February 7, 2018. [File Photo: Weibo Account of PLAAF]