An RC-135 Rivet Joint reconnaissance aircraft moves into position behind a KC-135T/R Stratotanker for an aerial refueling over Southwest Asia March 14, 2006. Members of the RC-135 flight crew are currently deployed to the 763rd Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron, in Southwest Asia, from the 343rd Reconnaissance Squadron, Offutt Air Force Base, Neb. U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Lance Cheung
Collision Course -- Washington Free Beacon
Russian jet nearly collides with U.S. surveillance aircraft in ‘reckless’ intercept in Asia
A Russian Su-27 jet flew dangerously close to a U.S. reconnaissance plane over the Pacific northeast recently in an aerial clash not seen since the Cold War.
An Air Force RC-135 electronic intelligence jet was flying a surveillance run some 60 miles off the Russian Far East coast, north of Japan, on April 23 when the incident occurred, according to defense officials familiar with the incident.
The Su-27 flew to follow the RC-135, and at one point rolled sideways to reveal its air-to-air missile before flying within 100 feet of the cockpit in an attempt to unnerve the crew.
The showdown was video-recorded by the aircrew.
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My Comment: This happened in April .... and they are telling us this only now. One can only wonder what other "close calls" have occurred.
10 comments:
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Is this a sign that a new cold war is aprocing?
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I dident live when it was, born in 1999, how was it?
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How bad is the relationship betwen USA and Russia?
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How is the China-US relations going?
Hope China dosent invade Vietnam.
"According to deGraffenreid, the Russians since the late 1940s have shot down 70 U.S. aircraft."
Wow, 70 'US' aircraft? Seems odd that there hasn't been a war over this.
What's even worrying is that if in the extreme case of a Russian jet shooting down a US military plane without just cause, something tells me that the powers that be within Washington would not consider it an act of war and would only look for an apology for the death of US servicemen.
The Gary Powers shoot-down is the most celebrated one .... but I have also heard from my Russian sources that from the 1940s to the 1980s a few dozen US Air Force planes were shot down near and/or within Soviet borders.
They got some elint platforms that got a little close or over the border. Also there's rumors of subs going to the bottom. Yeah, they played a little rough at the edges.
Oh yeah, I forgot, you guys did miss a big one, old Herr Rust!
Rhaegar,
The cold war from the US perspective, wasn't very good. A couple of times it seems we came pretty close lobbing nukes at each other and we had several major proxy conflicts. The Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, and Communist Asia, were no go places for almost all westerners and were places you really didn't want to go to. For the USSR's perspective you'd have to ask our editor, he lived on the rusty side of the Iron Curtain.
It was in the mid 1970s .... and the nuclear sirens went off .... and there was no warning before that it was going to be a test. I ran home in record time .... rushed to the radio .... and turned it on. Our radio always took about 10-15 seconds to go on .... but during that time .... with the sirens going full blast outside .... it was the most terrifying moment in my life.
Fortunately .... on all the stations .... the broadcasts were normal. Nuclear war was not about to happen. But the fear of Armageddon .... that is a feeling that I will never forget.
"It was in the mid 1970s .... and the nuclear sirens went off ." sorry, but that was due to my proposing to my ex wife.
So you did experience a nuclear war James .... wow!!!
nuclear war would have been much more merciful.
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