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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRussians make unsafe intercept of US B52.
The Russia pilots crossed within 100 feet of the nose of the B-52 multiple times and also caused turbulence to the B-52 restricting its ability to maneuver, according to the statement.
"Actions like these increase the potential for midair collisions, are unnecessary, and inconsistent with good airmanship and international flight rules," said Gen. Jeff Harrigian, US Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa commander, in the statement.
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/08/29/politics/russian-aircraft-us-bomber-black-sea/index.html?__twitter_impression=true
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Russians make unsafe intercept of US B52. (Original Post)
onecaliberal
Aug 2020
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NCjack
(10,279 posts)1. Trump will apologize to Putin for our outrageous behavior.
zorbasd
(73 posts)2. Of course, the Russians are now using full aggressive tactics trying to
humiliate US forces, because they know MF45, will do nothing, nothing to retaliate!
Putin knows MF45 will do nothing to defend our forces...nothing but cower! A fuqing traitor that he is...
Under The Radar
(3,404 posts)3. I would expect to see much more of this in a Trump second term
Steelrolled
(2,022 posts)4. I would be quite OK with the US stopping flying B52s over the Black Sea.