China has begun operating a new military facility in Laos at Ban Keun, a site once used during the Vietnam War for covert ...

China and Laos have opened a joint military training and support centre near Vientiane, raising questions about Beijing’s ...

In helping Laos build up Ban Keun, China is now occupying a site the US used covertly at the height of the Vietnam War.

Hanoi likely to view the Ban Keun facility as Beijing’s bid to ‘encroach into its area of influence’ in Vientiane, analysts ...

That is why, they say, China has been laying out a long runway there since late 2025. But Western governments and their Asian ...

The U.S. Air Force is preparing an advanced flight-testing program for its F-47 sixth generation fighter, combining ...

A CSIS study shows China analyzing over 90 sources on Ukraine, applying battlefield insights like fiber-optic FPV drones to ...

The Ban Keun base in Laos used to be used by the CIA-operated Air America during the Vietnam War, as a logistics and support hub for secret operations in the region.

A modest training centre on paper, but any upgrade would alarm capitals well beyond Southeast Asia. An announcement of a new Chinese-funded military facility in Laos to train local air force pilo ...

The China-Laos Joint Support and Training Center at Ban Keun Airport in Laos and the China-Laos Friendship Aviation Academy ...

An overlooked email may be at the center of the troubling diversion of sensitive F-35 fighter jet parts being diverted to ...

China is establishing a new military base at a Vietnam-era airfield once used by the CIA. The China-Laos Joint Logistics ...