Taiwan scrambles air force fighters to warn off 27 Chinese jets in buffer zone

Taiwan deployed its air force Sunday in an effort to drive back dozens of Chinese aircraft that entered its air defense space. 

Taiwan claimed that around 150 aircraft from the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) have entered its air defense identification zone (ADIZ) since Oct. 1, Reuters reported. 

The latest excursion included 18 fighter jets, five nuclear-capable H-6 bombers and a Y-20 aerial refueling jet. The squadron flew south of Taiwan into the Bashi channel separating it from the Philippines before returning to China.