The footprint of US-made F-16 fighter jets is expanding in China’s neighbourhood, with at least six Western Pacific nations flying or ordering them amid regional tensions. While the US emphasises ...

Taiwan, South Korea, Singapore, Indonesia and Thailand operate the F-16, while the Philippines has placed an order for the fighter aircraft.

But Australia's defence minister Richard Marles has insisted the claims are false after getting clarification from Mr Sjamsoeddin. 'He has said to me in the clearest possible term ...