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US Admiral in Disputed S. China Sea: 'We Will Be Here'

March 03, 2017 9:09 AM
Associated Press



A U.S. Navy F-18 fighter jet lands on the deck of the USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) aircraft carrier following a routine patrol off the disputed South China Sea, March 3, 2017.


ABOARD USS CARL VINSON, SOUTH CHINA SEA — America will continue to patrol the South China Sea to ensure freedom of navigation and overflight in the disputed region, a U.S. admiral said Friday amid questions whether U.S. involvement in one of Asia's potential flashpoints will change.

"We will be here,'' Rear Adm. James Kilby said on board the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson as it steamed through the gentle blue waters, with F18 fighter jets landing, taking off on catapults and zooming over the mammoth warship.

"We have operated here in the past, we're going to operate here in the future, we're going to continue to reassure our allies," Kilby said. "We're gonna continue to demonstrate that international waters are waters where everyone can sail, where everyone can conduct commerce and merchant traffic and that's the message we want to leave with people."

A commercial ship gingerly cruised several kilometers (miles) away as the Carl Vinson's kilometer-long flight deck, where crewmembers checked several parked F18s, a surveillance aircraft and helicopters, throbbed with activity under a mild breeze.



U.S. Navy Rear Admiral James Kilby, Commander, Carrier Strike Group One, talks to the media aboard the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) while on patrol off the disputed South China Sea, March 3, 2017.

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