Event Brief
China sends armed JL-10 trainers to drive off PH planes
By The BriefBrief · Sources (1)
Filed: Sep 04, 2026 at 7:11 AM ET
Summary: China used at least three JL-10 armed trainer jets carrying PL-5 air-to-air missiles to drive away Philippine light aircraft over Scarborough Shoal on Wednesday. A PLA video showed the jets’ electronic systems locking onto three Philippine aircraft and a Chinese pilot warning them by radio to leave China’s territorial airspace.
WHO: People’s Liberation Army Southern Theatre Command
WHAT: Armed JL-10 trainer jets with PL-5 missiles intercepted and drove away Philippine aircraft over Scarborough Shoal, with radio warnings issued to the aircraft.
WHEN: Sep 02, 2026
WHERE: Scarborough Shoal (Huangyan Dao / Panatag Shoal)
WHY: The jets were used to respond to Philippine aircraft entering China’s Huangyan Dao territorial airspace, as stated in the pilot’s radio warning.
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