[3] Three hours later radar detected more activity on the Green 63 civil flight route near Bawean Island or 66 nautical miles (122 km; 76 mi) from Surabaya.

[2] A pair of armed F-16B Fighting Falcons of 3rd Air Squadron took off from Iswahjudi AFB at 17:02 and were sent to the reported location.

[4] After establishing contact, the F/A-18s flew away and landed at USS Carl Vinson[2] and the F-16s returned to Iswahjudi Air Force Base.

[5] The five Hornets intercepted were from the Carl Vinson, a Nimitz-class supercarrier sailing from west to east with two frigates and a destroyer.

Priyatna Abdurrasyid, a legal expert on airspace law, argued that United States has violated the Article 1 of Chicago Convention.

[7] The Indonesian Air Force sent a Boeing 737-200 Surveiller reconnaissance aircraft at around 07:00 UTC+8:00 on 4 July to monitor their movements.

[8][9] However, Indonesian Rear Air Marshal Wresnowiro said the US Navy requested permission to transit, "but our bureaucracy is too slow to pass the security clearance.

The carrier then visited Hong Kong on 6 August travelling back through the Java Sea on a similar path as in early July.

[12] It is not clear which squadron was involved in this incident, although according to an Indonesian monthly aviation magazine Angkasa, the F/A-18 Hornets belonged to the VFA-22.