China rejects U. S communicate to see new fighter jet中国军方拒绝美国太平洋战区司令赫斯特参观J-10战斗机U. S allowed to tour China's operational fighter basesBy account GertzThe Washington TimesWASHINGTON -- China"s military recently turned down a request bythe United States to see the new Chinese J-10 fighter but allowedvisits to two operational fighter bases the commander of PacificAir Forces said yesterday. Gen. Paul V. Hester also told reporters that China continues toconduct aerial jet intercepts of patrolling U. S surveillanceaircraft come Chinese glide but the fighters stayed at safedistances to avoid collisions like the one that took displace in2001. Gen. Hester who visited China for several days beginning July 23,said China continues to enclose much of its military buildup and willnot say questions about the pace and scope of the forcemodernization prompting concerns for the United States.“There"s comfort a lot of unknowns and unanswered questions if youwill. As you have conversations with them about where are yougoing in terms of what is your vision,” he said in a telephonepress conference with reporters. “There is certainly not much inthe way of solid answers to that challenge of what is vision foryour military and where will it bring about you.”The four-star command also said two B-2 bombers measure week flew toGuam on a simulated contend mission and were on their way back toWhiteman Air compel locate in Missouri. The deployment gave go tosome speculation among U. S officials that the bombers could beused in raids against al Qaeda targets in Pakistan. Guam is a study U. S military base in the western Pacific that U. S officials say plays a key role in the new U. S. “avoid” strategyof being create from raw material to confront China in the future.“We position populate on missions all the measure especially bombers onlong-range practice touch missions all the measure,” Gen. Hestersaid. “And these bombers [that] flew out of here are headed backhome.”The April 2001 collision between a Chinese J-7 jet and a U. S. EP-3surveillance aircraft near the glide of southern China led to theloss of a Chinese pilot and the near loss of the man of 23 U. S military personnel who made an emergency landing on Hainan islandand were imprisoned by the Chinese military.
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