The U.S. Navy plane Combat Reconnaissance One EP3-E in China's hands

On April 09, 2001, CNN reported satellite photo showing seven trucks parked near the U.S. Navy Combat Reconnaissance One plane, indicating to U.S. officials that the Chinese are taking sensitive gear off the aircraft.
Latest news   Lingshui intelligence base Wang Wei, a missing Chinese F-8 pilot	Sorry, your browser doesn't support Java. New image of U.S. Navy Combat Reconnaissance One EP-3 at Chinese airbase released by Space Imaging. One-meter resolution, color satellite image of the Lingshui military airfield on the southeastern coast of Hainan Island in the South China Sea, was collected at 9:58 a.m. local time on April 9, 2001 (9:58 p.m. EDT on April 8, 2001) by Space Imaging's IKONOS satellite. Mario's China Page
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Sorry, your browser doesn't support Java. Satellite View of Spy Plane at Lingshui Military Airfield

This one-meter resolution, color satellite image (left) of the Lingshui military airfield on the southeastern coast of Hainan Island in the South China Sea, was collected at 10:12 a.m. local time on April 4, 2001 (10:12 p.m. EDT on April 3, 2001) by Space Imaging's IKONOS satellite. The United States Navy aircraft is visible and parked on a taxiway (north is up in this photo). This is the first high-resolution commercial satellite image taken of the Lingshui airfield. IKONOS travels 423 miles above the Earth's surface at a speed of 16,000 miles per hour. The U.S. Navy Combat Reconnaissance One EP3-E plane at Lingshui military airfield.

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