18-22 apr 2017: Russian Air Force Antonov to fly over France

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Stratofreighter
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18-22 apr 2017: Russian Air Force Antonov to fly over France

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...news like this can be trusted to RT/Russia Today/Sputnik News...

https://sputniknews.com/military/201704 ... on-france/
Russian and Belarusian experts will carry out an observation flight on April 18 – 22 over the territory of France, Sergei Ryzhkov, head of the Russian Defense Ministry's Nuclear Risk Reduction Center, said.

"As part of the international Open Skies Treaty … a group of member states, the Republic of Belarus and the Russian Federation, plans to carry out an observation flight on the Russian An-30B jet over the territory of the French Republic.

An observation flight over France will be carried out in the period from April 18 to April 22, 2017, from the Open Skies airfield Orleans Bricy with a maximum range of up to 2,078 kilometers [over 1,291 miles]," Ryzhkov said.
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Re: 18-22 apr 2017: Russian Air Force Antonov to fly over Fr

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That's new, an AN-30B "jet"
Would love to see that :lol:
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Re: 18-22 apr 2017: Russian Air Force Antonov to fly over Fr

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Is the An-30 correct, or the jet? A few weeks ago here in Portugal it was a Tu-154.

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