At least 4 Russian nuclear capable TU-95 Bear H long range strategic bombers flew within 50 miles of the northern California coast line earlier this week. In direct response the United States Air Force scrambled 2 F-22 fighter jets to intercept the air crafts. Previous reports indicate Russian bomber skirted UK airspace in Europe, Guam, […]
Russian fighter buzzed US reconnaissance aircraft over the Pacific
Military.com is reporting that a Russian fighter jet intercepted an American reconnaissance plane in international airspace over the Pacific in late April. The fighter identified by the Pentagon as a Russian Su-27 fighter flew across the nose of the U.S. Air Force RC -135U aircraft, coming within about 100 feet (30 meters), while in international airspace […]
Russian bombers flew over US aircraft carrier in western Pacific
A pair of Russian TU-95 Bear bombers overflew a US aircraft carrier in the western Pacific at an altitude of 2,000 feet (660 meters) over the weekend, prompting US fighter jets to scramble, a US defense official said. Four F-18 fighters jets intercepted the Russian bombers Saturday morning, but not before they had overflown the […]
NATO scrambles fighter jets to intercept Russian military transport plane flying over the Baltic Sea with its transponder “switched off”
NATO fighter jets recently scrambled to intercepted a Russian military plane flying over the Baltic Sea with its transponder “switched of. Source: Ukraine Today http://uatoday.tv/politics/russian-military-plane-intercepted-over-baltic-425170.html The plane was identified as an An-22 military transport aircraft was flying from Russia to Kaliningrad. It has a range of just over 5000 miles. The Antonov An-22 “Antei” […]
Russian nuclear bombers buzz Guam, skirt airspace near Alaska in latest test of our air defenses
A pair of Russian long range strategic nuclear bombers flew close to the U.S. Pacific island of Guam last week (for a third time) as other bombers flew close to Alaska and Europe, according to the Defense Department. Such moves are highly provocative in nature, because its understood that these aircraft can carry nuclear weapons. The strategic bombers […]
Russian strategic long range nuclear bombers “tested” US air defenses, according to reports
Russian strategic long range nuclear bombers have “tested” US air defenses a total of 16 times, according to Russian news sources. In the latest incident four Russian bombers were escorted by a couple of heavily armed MiG-31 fighter aircraft. In one disturbing incident, in June 2014 at least two two Russian bombers came within 50 […]