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Posted on 04/16/2016 5:24:46 PM PDT by Beave Meister
A Russian fighter jet flew dangerously close to a U.S. RC-135 reconnaissance aircraft on Thursday in the latest military provocation by Moscow over the Baltic Sea, the U.S. European Command said Saturday.
“On April 14, a U.S. Air Force RC-135 aircraft flying a routine route in international airspace over the Baltic Sea was intercepted by a Russian Su-27 in an unsafe and unprofessional manner,” said Navy Capt. Danny Hernandez.
“This intercept comes shortly after the unsafe Russian encounters with USS Donald Cook,” he added. “There have been repeated incidents over the last year where Russian military aircraft have come close enough to other air and sea traffic to raise serious safety concerns, and we are very concerned with any such behavior.”
Hernandez said the U.S. aircraft, a militarized Boeing 707 jet, was operating in international airspace “and at no time crossed into Russian territory.”
“This unsafe and unprofessional air intercept has the potential to cause serious harm and injury to all aircrews involved,” he said. “More importantly, the unsafe and unprofessional actions of a single pilot have the potential to unnecessarily escalate tensions between countries.”
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Obama apologizing personally to Vlad for the provocation in 3...2...1
What do you expect with a military overwhelmed with social engineering. I will assure each of you that this will end over night. We will MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN. This crap is just about over.
See, see - Trump’s harsh, vile campaign rhetoric is responsible for this! < /S >
In addition. The film Jar head is on right now. Find it. Watch it and you may see the future. We have women and children here and we love them.
Active Duty ping.
The West routinely scrambles fighters to intercept Russian military planes flying in international airspace close to their borders...is there anything different about this incident we should know about?
I think it’s unfair. The Russians seemed to have rigged the geopolitics and there could be riots.
The pilots were probably doing thumbs up to each other.
Yup
The usa will throw a gay tantrum and storm off. That will show them.
“Obama weak man, Obama pussy!” Direct quote to me from Chinese man in the street-mainland China 2014
That is how we are thought of by the rest of the world and frankly I have had enough.
Voting Trump!
The Russians need to be careful. Some of the plane’s crew could have been scared and might have even had their feelings hurt.
Where is Maverick when you need him?
The Russians need lessons to be sensitive to the feelings of others lest they micro-aggress them unknowingly.
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