01may2018 Baltics: Sukhoi Su27 intercepts US Navy Boeing P-8

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01may2018 Baltics: Sukhoi Su27 intercepts US Navy Boeing P-8

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https://www.military.com/daily-news/201 ... cials.html
1 May 2018

A Russian fighter jet buzzed a U.S. military spy plane in the Baltic Sea on Tuesday morning, two defense officials told Fox News.

The Russian Su-27 jet performed a "safe" but "unprofessional" intercept of a U.S. Navy P-8 surveillance plane while flying in international airspace over the Baltic Sea.


The Russian jet came within about 20 feet of the U.S. Navy aircraft, but the American pilots told officials they never felt threatened or unsafe.

It's the first incident between Russian and American military aircraft since January, when a Russian fighter jet buzzed a U.S. Navy EP-3 spy plane over the Black Sea.
https://edition.cnn.com/2018/05/01/poli ... index.html
The Russian jet came within about 20 feet of the US aircraft, one official said, adding that the encounter lasted about nine minutes.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/russian-fi ... altic-sea/

https://news.usni.org/2018/05/01/report ... -8a-baltic
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Re: 01may2018 Baltics: Sukhoi Su27 intercepts US Navy Boeing

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Same type of earlier information.

https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/e1B93O
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