“The first was a ‘naval patrol aircraft,’ possibly a Y-8 or similar plane, which landed at Fiery Cross (Kagitingan) Reef in April 2016 to evacuate three personnel who had fallen ill,” it noted. The second involved two Xian Y-7 military transport aircraft on Mischief Reef in January. For the CCG vessels: Shuoshi II Class; Tuzhong Class; Shucha II Class; Zhongyang Class; Zhaoyu Class; Jianghu I Class; and Zhaotim Class. Signal intelAMTI also reported two AGI signal intelligence gathering ships—Hai Yang and a Type 815G—located near Mischief and Fiery Cross reefs as of March 2017. In April, a Zhongyang class of the CCG was seen docked in Subi reef while in 2017, the Zhaotim and Shuoshi II were seen in Subi and Fiery Cross, respectively.

Source: Manila Times May 10, 2018 16:18 UTC