Radar lock-ons were intermittent but sustained, reports claim. The entire affair occurred during Chinese carrier aviation drills within the Miyako Strait. In response to these drills, Japan scrambled some of its F-15s to monitor the drills, which is a completely normal peacetime practice.

Few fighters in history match the F-15 Eagle’s record: more than 100 air-to-air kills and zero losses, built across Israeli, American, Saudi, and Japanese operations. -As the U.S. fields the new F-15EX and allies pour billions into upgraded Eagles,