RT: Two Su-27s follow Belgian F-16 fighter jet flying near Russia's border in the Baltic Sea (VIDEO)
A pair of Russian Su-27 fighter jets were quickly taken off a routine training flight to escort a Belgian warplane approaching the state border.
On Friday, the Russian military had spotted a Belgian F-16, which was heading towards the nation's border over the Baltic Sea. Two Su-27 fighter aircraft that were flying a training mission in the area were immediately sent to identify the foreign plane.
A cockpit video from one of the Russian jets shows how the Su-27s were maneuvering near the Belgian aircraft until it was escorted away from the country's border.
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WNU Editor: I like how they boxed in this Belgium F-16. He definitely got the message to leave.
Belium fighter not German fighters.
ReplyDeleteBelgium does not have a Baltic coastline. Germany does.
What is Mama doing?
A tête-à-tête with Boris on how to use the fake crisis of corona to shove the global warming initiatives down people's throats.
Mother might as well try to put a thermostat on the Sun.
One of these days these aggressive action will cause a collision, count on it.
ReplyDeleteBelgium is probably on the NATO patrol in the Baltic countries at the moment. NATO rotates pilots in and out of Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
ReplyDeletePoint well taken Mr. Davenport.
ReplyDeleteStill, when it is Germany's turn, will they have any aircraft capable of the mission?
Or will yet another Minister of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth be promoted to Minister of Defense.
Seem like a very curious cursus honorum from a very dysfunctional society.
German Luftwaffe only has four operation-ready Eurofighter jets: report
Granted the report is from 2018. Since then I have seen nothing but bad news come out about Germany's defense forces. I have seen nothing good come out of German defense posture, foreign policy, energy policy, or German personal security on the streets since Fukushima in 2011 and the the Bitch opening the borders in 2015.
Video: Most of Germany's fighter jets (and tanks and ships and helicopters) are broken. - Ars Technica 2018
German air force unable to train pilots because of shortage of planes - Telegraph 2019
And it is not going to get better. Germany would rather cut of its nose to spite its face than to do anything productive.
www.forbes.com/sites/sebastienroblin/2020/03/27/nukes-trump-russian-missiles-the-weird-reasons-germany-may-buy-three-jet-fighter-types-from-eurofighter-and-boeing/#3952836b3e01
ReplyDeleteAnd Mr Davenport is right.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltic_Air_Policing
I'm surprised that Germany has kept 4 fighters operating in any one time period.
Should the commitment be based on GDP/population and overall defense commitments?