SEOUL: A top United States Navy admiral said he joined a routine surveillance flight over the disputed South China Sea on Saturday and that the US was committed to freedom of navigation in the region.
Admiral Scott Swift commander of the US Pacific Fleet, confirmed at a press roundtable in Seoul yesterday that he had been aboard the seven-hour flight of a Boeing P-8 surveillance plane, but gave no specific details about the flight.
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