EP-3E Spy Plane Involved in 2001 Collision with Chinese J-8 Joins Pima Air and Space Museum

The EP-3E, severely damaged, performed an unauthorized landing at Lingshui airfield triggering a diplomatic standoff between the U.S. and China. Although the U.S. Navy has postponed the retirement of its last EP-3E Aries II aircraft, Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron (VQ) 1 “World Watchers”—the primary operator of this signals intelligence platform since its inception (with VQ-2 […]

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