Thursday, July 30, 2020

Russian Su-27 Jet Intercepts U.S. Spy Planes Over The Black Sea



RT: Call of the Black Sea: Russian jet intercepts US spy planes for FOURTH TIME in just over a week (VIDEO)

With summer heating up, it appears as though the US Air Force finds Russia’s Black Sea particularly inviting, as the Russian military has intercepted American jets there for the fourth time in just over one week.

The US Air Force seemingly could not decide who should be next to enjoy the scenic splendors of the Black Sea shoreline, deciding to send two of its surveillance planes to watch over the area at the same time on Thursday.

The jets were promptly intercepted, however, by a Russian Su-27 fighter jet, which was scrambled to escort the “aerial targets” approaching the nation’s border.

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WNU Editor: This is the fourth Russian intercept of a US spy plane over the black Sea in the past week.

More News On A Russian Su-27 Jet Intercepting U.S. Spy Planes Over The Black Sea

Russian Su-27 jet scrambles to intercept two US planes over Black Sea -- TASS
Russian jet fighter buzzes two U.S. spy planes over Black Sea -- Reuters
Fighter Jet Scrambled to Intercept US Spy Planes Flying Near Russia's Black Sea Borders -- Sputnik
Up close footage of Russian Su-27 intercepting 2 US military aircraft -- AMN

2 comments:

RussInSoCal said...

Looks to be a standard escort. No obnoxiousness on the part of the Russian pilot.

The question is what's going on in the Black Sea that's attracting all the US surveillance planes.

Jac said...

Well, that's business as usual.