China’s Defense Ministry on Thursday said it hoped for continued exchanges with the American military despite being disinvited from a major U.S.-sponsored naval exercise this summer.
The early arrival of the CV-22s in the Pacific Command area of responsibility addresses "regional security concerns in line with the recently released 2018 National Defense Strategy," according to the Air Force.
About a week after the Air Force deployed three B-2 Spirit stealth bombers to Guam, six B-52H Stratofortress bombers joined them on the island Tuesday.