A B-1B strategic bomber flying over Seongnam in South Korea s Gyeonggi province in October 2017. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
Around the time Joe Biden was giving his victory speech in Delaware as U.S. president-elect on Nov. 8, two B-1B strategic bombers took off from Andersen U.S. Air Force Base in Guam and set a course for the South China Sea.
The aircraft subsequently flew over the Bashi Channel between Y Ami Island in the Philippines and Taiwan s Orchid Island, then cut across the South China Sea from north to south, according to an official with U.S. Forces in Japan.