japanese island of okinawa. along the way, picking up fuel from a flying gas station. reporter: we re refueling in mid air right now. flying about 40 feet away from a kc-135 tanker plane. reporter: the plane is headed past the self-governing island of taiwan which china claims as its own. to the south china sea which china claims almost all for itself, ignoring competing claim from countries like vietnam and the philippines. some 30 miles from the chinese occupied parasail islands, a chis voice crackles over the line. you are approaching chinese space. reporter: that s when the chinese people s liberation army fighter jet appears, flying so close, you can see the pilots in their cockpit.
hundred feet away from our aircraft. the chinese fighter escort, part of a regular routine. i d say it s another friday afternoon south china sea. reporter: u.s. navy invited cnn to fly on a p8 reconnaissance plane taking off on the japanese island of okinawa. along the way picking up fuel from a flying gas station. we re refueling in midair right now. flying just about 40 feet away from a kc-135 tanker plane. the plane is headed past the self-governing island of taiwan, which china claims as its own. to the south china sea, which china claims almost all for itself, ignoring competing claims from countries like vietnam and the philippines. some 30 miles from the chinese .
The Air Force Materiel Command said inspectors are looking for “non-conforming” pins in the vertical tail assemblies of the aircraft. If a vertical terminal fitting pin failed, the tail section could break off the plane.
them both on the ground and in the air before, during, and after the big game. cnn s rosa flores takes us inside super bowl security. reporter: what are u.s. customs and border protection hngt, a kc-135 strato tanker, and an f-16 fighter jet doing over glendale, arizona? they re tasked with guarding the skies over super bowl lvii. with nearly 200,000 fans expected for the big game between the kansas city chiefs and the philadelphia eagles, security is a multiagency effort. what types of threats does the fbi prepare for when it comes to the super bowl? yeah, a wide variety. anything from active shooters to explosive threats, ied threats, bomb threats, suspicious packages. reporter: from this operation center the fbi alongside more than 40 federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies will use these 360-degree cameras to have eyes on every