A photo of a Chinese balloon over Modoc, Illinois, on Feb. 3, 2023, accompanied our most-read defense article last year.
Credit: Frank Melliere
One of Aviation Week’s most-read stories in 2023 nearly crashed our website. After shooting down a high-altitude Chinese spy balloon that had overflown the continental U.S., Air Force fighters took out three more mystery objects. Defense Editor Steve Trimble revealed that one of those objects was...
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