 A Chinese fighter jet carried out an unnecessarily aggressive maneuver near a US military plane over the South China Sea in international airspace, the United States said on May 30. In a statement, the United States military command responsible for the Indo-Pacific said the Chinese J-16 aircraft carried out the maneuver last week and forced the US RC-135 plane to fly through its wake turbulence. Such intercepts happen occasionally. In December, a Chinese military plane came within 10 feet of a US Air Force aircraft and forced it to take evasive maneuvers to avoid a collision in international airspace.