Posted on 05/03/2018 9:29:30 AM PDT by fugazi
There is no need to fly that closely. The Chinese took down one of our planes pulling a similar stunt in 2001, killing their pilot.
It’s called short man’s complex.
Watch the birdie!
This has been happening for years......I think some of the pilots like to go rogue from time to time......they know Putin won’t do much about it.
Fly within a few miles of a country’s coastline, expect to be intercepted. And surprise, surprise, other nations may have different views on what “sovereignty” means.
The Hawaiian sign for good luck!
“He says ‘They’re Number One in the Nation!’”
I imagine Americans would have a fit if we had Russian spy planes cruising up and down our coast lines. Nothing wrong with sending a fighter up, but when their pilots act like punks it is just embarrassing.
I am way too slow today!
The fly by was deemed as SAFE.
It wasn’t a MiG 28 in that movie it was a black F-5.
Communicating....
Fighter jocks being fighter jocks.
No vertical stabilizers on these jets? Looks kinda Hollywood.
They’re warning hostile foreign aircraft to back off their borders. Based on where these incidents occur, only a psychopath couldn’t figure that out.
“I imagine Americans would have a fit if we had Russian spy planes cruising up and down our coast lines.”
We do:
https://www.cnn.com/2017/04/21/politics/russian-bombers-tensions-trump/index.html
Also, Russian spy ships off the coast of Georgia, near the King’s Bay submarine base:
https://www.cnn.com/2017/03/15/us/russian-spy-ship-georgia-coast/index.html
Brave Russian pilots messing with a Patrol/anti sub plane
I bet the Russians wouldn’t pull that $h*t with an F-22 !
Banking to show that he is armed.
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