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Russian fighter jet comes with 20 feet of US Navy aircraft
Posted on 5/12/17 at 8:20 am
Posted on 5/12/17 at 8:20 am
good thing Trump is their bud these days
so the length of a basketball goal from the floor, doubled. Now that's a cocky arse pilot, tom cruise aint got shite on him
so the length of a basketball goal from the floor, doubled. Now that's a cocky arse pilot, tom cruise aint got shite on him
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A Russian fighter jet flew alarmingly close to a U.S. Navy reconnaissance aircraft flying in the Black Sea on Tuesday -- the incident coming a day before Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov visited Washington.
The Russian jet came as close as 20 feet to the American plane and remained that close for five minutes, a U.S. defense official told Fox News.
"While this one was considered by the flight crew to be safe and professional, this sort of close encounter certainly has the possibility to become dangerous in a hurry," the defense official said.
An Su-27 Russian jet made the close approach to the P-8A Poseidon while the Navy plane was in international airspace.
The Su-27 was reportedly scrambled after the Poseidon appeared to be approaching Russia's border. The Poseidon soon changed its course.
In a statement issued Friday, the Russian officials called the jet’s intercept a “greeting” maneuver.
“After approaching a plane at a safe distance the Russian pilot visually identified the flying object as a U.S. surveillance plane P-8A Poseidon,” the Russian military said in a statement Friday.
Unlike Russian intercepts in the past, this Russian jet approached the US Navy recon plane "slowly," according to the defense official. The entire encounter lasted about an hour.
"It goes on almost every day of the week," the official said. a separate official said about 60 such incidents have occurred since 2007, RT reported.
The latest Russian incident in the Black Sea comes a month before the U.S. military kicks off a series of military exercises in the region.
In February, Russian fighter jets buzzed a U.S. Navy destroyer in the Black Sea on the same day the U.S. Army unloaded dozens of tanks and hundreds of soldiers in a nearby Romanian port along the Black Sea.
In September, a Russian jet buzzed a Navy spy plane over the Black Sea, the aircrafts coming within 10 feet of each other during that encounter.
When asked about the timing of Tuesday's incident coming a day before Lavrov's visit to Washington to meet President Trump and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, the defense official asked, "What were we doing flying that day?"
The latest Russian provocation comes a week after a pair of Russian Bear Bombers and fighter jets flew near Alaska on several consecutive nights, prompting the U.S. Air Force to dispatch F-22 stealth fighter jets to intercept the Russian formation.
Posted on 5/12/17 at 8:21 am to KeyserSoze999
I hope the Americans gave them the finger!
Posted on 5/12/17 at 8:22 am to KeyserSoze999
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In a statement issued Friday, the Russian officials called the jet’s intercept a “greeting” maneuver.
So when Russia does this under Obama, the news says it's a "Threatening Maneuver", but with Trump it's "Greeting". Is that what I'm taking from this?
Posted on 5/12/17 at 8:22 am to KeyserSoze999
So Trump is a Russian agent or what?
Posted on 5/12/17 at 8:22 am to KeyserSoze999
TRUMP is making the Russians desperate. This is how you win.
Posted on 5/12/17 at 8:23 am to KeyserSoze999
I seriously doubt it was 20 feet. One mistake by either pilot and they're both dead.
Posted on 5/12/17 at 8:23 am to Stingray
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TRUMP is making the Russians desperate. This is how you win.
Judging how they labeled it a "Greeting" I would say the Russians are trolling the media.
Posted on 5/12/17 at 8:24 am to Deuces
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So Trump is a Russian agent or what?
Give it about three days and our media will be reporting he was in the Russie cockpit himself.
Posted on 5/12/17 at 8:28 am to Homesick Tiger
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Give it about three days and our media will be reporting he was in the Russie cockpit himself.
nah, he was just on the radio with the russian pilot at the time
Posted on 5/12/17 at 8:30 am to SidewalkDawg
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Judging how they labeled it a "Greeting" I would say the Russians are trolling the media.
Trump has the Russians so scared Putin has to schedule hockey games in which he scores seven goals.
Posted on 5/12/17 at 8:31 am to KeyserSoze999
badass move by the russian pilot. props to him.
Posted on 5/12/17 at 8:59 am to KeyserSoze999
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Russian fighter jet comes with 20 feet of US Navy aircraft
So they added 20ft to an existing Russian plane?
Posted on 5/12/17 at 9:05 am to Jcorye1
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I seriously doubt it was 20 feet. One mistake by either pilot and they're both dead.
Yeah... People don't realize how insanely dangerous this would be if true. Someone was almost definitely exaggerating a bit. Especially since it was an old prop driven sub hunter and a modern supersonic fighter...
Posted on 5/12/17 at 9:06 am to KeyserSoze999
We did it in Alaska in '07...
Our guy pulled up to a bear (in a 15C) and gave them the finger maybe 20' from wingtip...they took a pic, the State dept gave them the squadron a call.
This friendly game of GFY happens all the time
Our guy pulled up to a bear (in a 15C) and gave them the finger maybe 20' from wingtip...they took a pic, the State dept gave them the squadron a call.
This friendly game of GFY happens all the time
Posted on 5/12/17 at 9:07 am to Doosh606
If not in a 4G inverted dive, it didn't happen.
Posted on 5/12/17 at 9:19 am to KeyserSoze999
CNN will soon report that anonymous sources have confirmed that Jared Kushner was piloting the Russian fighter jet....
Posted on 5/12/17 at 9:20 am to Doosh606
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Especially since it was an old prop driven sub hunter
P-8 not a P-3
Posted on 5/12/17 at 9:31 am to KeyserSoze999
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An Su-27 Russian jet made the close approach to the P-8A Poseidon while the Navy plane was in international airspace.
The Su-27 was reportedly scrambled after the Poseidon appeared to be approaching Russia's border
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“After approaching a plane at a safe distance the Russian pilot visually identified the flying object as a U.S. surveillance plane P-8A Poseidon,” the Russian military said in a statement Friday.
Unlike Russian intercepts in the past, this Russian jet approached the US Navy recon plane "slowly," according to the defense official. The entire encounter lasted about an hour.
"It goes on almost every day of the week," the official said. a separate official said about 60 such incidents have occurred since 2007, RT reported
So this is a problem how exactly? Our fighter jet appears to be approaching their border ---> their Air Force identifies it and then peels off, and our defense official said that it was done safely and professionally, and that it's been done 60ish times since Obama took office. Why exactly is it a "good thing that Trump is their bud"? Should he have launched nukes immediately in your eyes for a Russian fighter jet riding next to one of ours because it was close to their border?
Posted on 5/12/17 at 9:36 am to LSUgrad08112
This is pretty routine and expected
Posted on 5/12/17 at 9:38 am to SidewalkDawg
Bro...read the damn statement.
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