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US seeks blanket overflight access via Indonesia
The Sunday Guardian
|April 12, 2026
Classified document outlines expanded US military transit through Indonesia.
A classified United States defence document lays out a plan to secure blanket overflight access for American military aircraft through Indonesian airspace, following a February meeting between Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto and Donald Trump in Washington, marking a significant step in expanding U.S. operational reach across the Indo-Pacific.
Prabowo visited Washington D.C. from 18 to 20 February 2026 to attend the Board of Peace summit. During this visit, he approved a proposal to authorise blanket overflight clearance for US. aircraft through Indonesian airspace in a bilateral meeting with Trump, according to details contained in a classified U.S. document.
‘To operationalise this commitment, the U.S. Department of War transmitted a document titled “Operationalizing U.S. Overflight” to Indonesia’s Ministry of Defence on 26 February . The document proposes a formal understanding under which Indonesia would permit U.S. military aircraft to transit its airspace for contingency operations, crisis response missions and mutually agreed military exercises.
This story is from the April 12, 2026 edition of The Sunday Guardian.
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