Russia’s National Defense Control Center reported that on Saturday Sukhoi Su-27 fighter jet scrambled to intercept the US Air Force’s RC-135 reconnaissance aircraft over the Black Sea. “A Su-27 fighter jet of the Southern Military District’s air defense units on duty was scrambled to identify the air target and to prevent it from violating the state border of the Russian Federation,” the statement says. “The Russian fighter jet crew identified the air target as an RC-135 strategic reconnaissance aircraft of the US Air Force and escorted it over the Black Sea.” Also noted that the flight of the Russian fighter jet […]
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https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/12/1080506497_0:10:1280:730_1200x675_80_0_0_bfcee716936fa2c9f155903fc655c8de.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/military/202009181080506580-russias-su-27-scrambled-to-escort-us-patrol-aircraft-over-black-sea/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russian fighter jet Su-27 was scrambled to escort a US patrol aircraft over the Black Sea, the Russian Defense Ministry’s National Defense Control Center said on Friday. “Russian airspace control systems detected an air target approaching the Russian state border over neutral waters of the Black Sea … a Su-27 fighter from the air defense forces of the Southern Military District was scrambled. The crew of the Russian fighter identified the air target as an aircraft base patrol aircraft P-8A Poseidon of the US Navy and escorted it over the Black […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107870/97/1078709780_0:27:3071:1755_1200x675_80_0_0_b49c0e26371c08d786d5fadb446d2407.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/russia/202009151080467826-russias-su-27-scrambled-to-intercept-us-spy-plane-over-baltic-sea/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russian fighter jet Su-27 was scrambled on Tuesday to intercept a US Air Force patrol plane over the Baltic Sea, the Russian Defence Ministry’s National Defence Control Centre said. “On 15 September, Russian airspace control devices detected an air target approaching the Russian state border over neutral waters of the Baltic Sea”, the statement says. In order to identify an air target and prevent violation of the Russian state border, a Su-27 fighter from the Western Military District’s air defence forces was scrambled. “The crew of the Russian fighter approached the […]
Russia was forced to scrambled an Su-27 fighter jet on Tuesday to intercept two Western military aircraft approaching its airspace over the Baltic Sea, the National Defense Control Center has said. The Sukhoi jet approached the two planes and shadowed them for some time, the Russian military reported. They were identified as a US Air Force RC-125 reconnaissance plane and a Swedish Gulfstream jet designed for the same type of missions. Footage of the intercepts shot from inside the Su-27 cockpit was shown by Zvezda TV, the official television channel of the Russian military. The encounters happened in international airspace. The […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/105492/76/1054927630_0:0:1200:675_1200x675_80_0_0_77536212fe78eac66067fad7e1040782.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Muhammad Osman. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/military/202009091080403596-video-of-russian-su-27-intercepting-us-spy-aircraft-over-baltic-sea-emerges-online/ Recently, the Russian Defence ministry has repeatedly scrambled fighter jets to turn away numerous foreign reconnaissance aircraft from the country’s borders. Over the past two days, Russian fighter jets have responded to five similar incidents. Russian Su-27 fighter aircraft on Tuesday escorted two foreign reconnaissance planes over the Baltic Sea, the Russian Defense Ministry’s National Defense Control Center (NDCC) said in a statement. “On September 8, Russian air control systems detected two air targets approaching the Russian state border over neutral waters of the Baltic Sea. To identify air targets and prevent […]
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https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/0f/1080181062_0:0:1788:1006_1200x675_80_0_0_53dbde1ae0a6ce6e903b6e083d018689.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/military/202008151080181148-Footage-of-US-Navy-Spy-Plane-Being-Intercepted-by-Russian-Su-27-Fighter-Released/ Earlier Saturday, the Defence Ministry’s National Defence Management Center reported that an Aerospace Forces Sukhoi Su-27 fighter jet had been scrambled to intercept a Lockheed EP-3E Aries II as it approached Russia’s maritime borders in the Black Sea. Russia’s Defence Ministry has released footage of the August 15 interception of a US Navy reconnaissance aircraft over the Black Sea. The video, filmed from inside the cockpit of the Russian jet shows the US turboprop aircraft in flight, its US NAVY markings clearly visible, with the Su-27 flying steadily several hundred meters away from the […]
The incident comes in the wake of weeks of intensified US and NATO reconnaissance activity near Russia’s maritime borders, from the Barents and Baltic Seas in the northwest to the Black Sea in the southwest to the Sea of Okhotsk and the Sea of Japan in the Far East. A lone Sukhoi Su-27 fighter jet was scrambled to intercept a US spy plane near Russia’s borders in the Black Sea, the Russian defence ministry announced on Saturday. According to the MoD, the foreign aircraft changed course after being approached by the Russian fighter, with the jet scrambled after Russian radars picked […]