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defence correspondent Andrew Greene at the Avalon Air Show

RAAF crews offered counselling after tense encounters with Beijng's military over South China Sea

Australia and China have had strained relations over operations in the South China Sea. (Reuters/Stringer )

The Air Force has revealed Australian pilots and aircrew are offered counselling after they encounter Chinese military jets during patrols over the South China Sea.

Tensions are rising in the strategically important waterway, and the RAAF says it is noticing a trend of more dangerous behaviour by aircraft from the People's Liberation Army.

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