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F-22 fighters intercept Russian military planes 55 miles off Alaska
FoxNews ^ | September 20, 2014 | ·Associated Press

Posted on 09/20/2014 6:30:35 AM PDT by WhiskeyX

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Two F-22 fighter jets intercepted six Russian military airplanes that neared the western coast of Alaska, military officials said Friday.

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1 posted on 09/20/2014 6:30:35 AM PDT by WhiskeyX
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To: WhiskeyX

Pooty Poot be dissin’ Sparky the Super CIC?


2 posted on 09/20/2014 6:35:16 AM PDT by Common Sense 101 (Hey libs... If your theories fly in the face of reality, it's not reality that's wrong.)
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To: Common Sense 101

Putin senses great weakness in the west in general, and Obama in particular.

Its hard to imagine any scenario where Obama would militarily respond to a serious provocation. We may see one soon.


3 posted on 09/20/2014 6:40:37 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: WhiskeyX

Did they shoot it down?
If not, then why not?


4 posted on 09/20/2014 6:42:37 AM PDT by BuffaloJack (Bomb ISIS; bomb them again; bomb them again; kill all survivors; take no prisoners.)
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To: Starboard

I seriously doubt that Putin would make a serious move against the U.S., however I do think that he enjoys “tweeking” the community-organizing ass clown.


5 posted on 09/20/2014 6:44:28 AM PDT by Common Sense 101 (Hey libs... If your theories fly in the face of reality, it's not reality that's wrong.)
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To: Common Sense 101; All
Watch the Russians, vigorous opposite the "outlandish insult" to the Russian people and
the assorted (oppressed) Intuit tribes of the Russo-Alaskan populace of the (frm./stolen
Russian Territory) state of Alaska.

6 posted on 09/20/2014 6:51:24 AM PDT by skinkinthegrass (The end move in politics in always to pick up a weapon...eh? "Bathhouse" 0'Mullah? d8^)
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To: BuffaloJack
Did they shoot it down? If not, then why not?

There was no it. There were 6 Russian planes.

7 posted on 09/20/2014 6:52:58 AM PDT by TangoLimaSierra (To win the country back, we need to be as mean as the libs say we are.)
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To: Common Sense 101
I seriously doubt that Putin would make a serious move against the U.S., however I do think that he enjoys “tweeking” the community-organizing ass clown.

That, and the Russians are testing our response times.

I'm willing to bet that the Raptors intercepted the Russians a LOT further away, but let them get closer in before pulling up along side. Like they did with the Iranians not to long ago.

“He [the Raptor pilot] flew under their aircraft [the F-4s] to check out their weapons load without them knowing that he was there, and then pulled up on their left wing and then called them and said ‘you really ought to go home'”

I do like the idea of sending out two Raptors to take on six Russians. Brings to mind the old "One riot, one Ranger" story.
8 posted on 09/20/2014 6:55:43 AM PDT by tanknetter
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To: BuffaloJack

Did they shoot it down?
If not, then why not?


The Russian aircraft were flying in international air space, so they had not yet violated the sovereign airspace of Canada or the United States. However, the Russian aircraft did penetrate the Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) without an approved flight plan to do so, which made the Russian aircraft subject to military interception and escort until the Russian aircraft egressed the ADIZ.


9 posted on 09/20/2014 6:57:38 AM PDT by WhiskeyX
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To: TangoLimaSierra
There was no it. There were 6 Russian planes.

Two 1980-vintage fighters, two bombers and two tankers. Easy pickings for F-22s.

10 posted on 09/20/2014 7:00:09 AM PDT by Alter Kaker (Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
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To: tanknetter
I do like the idea of sending out two Raptors to take on six Russians. Brings to mind the old "One riot, one Ranger" story.

Only two of the Russian planes were fighters, and they were old fighters. They were escorting two bombers and two tanker aircraft.

11 posted on 09/20/2014 7:01:34 AM PDT by Alter Kaker (Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
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To: Common Sense 101

Yep Putey loves to bait the bull. Especially since we and our buddies in the EU are cranking the Western credit window closed and other sanctions playing havoc with the ruble.


12 posted on 09/20/2014 7:02:23 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: Alter Kaker
Only two of the Russian planes were fighters, and they were old fighters. They were escorting two bombers and two tanker aircraft.

Good point. The Raptors were overkill. They should have sent A-10s.
13 posted on 09/20/2014 7:02:55 AM PDT by tanknetter
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To: WhiskeyX

Wow!

The full 22 miles?

What’s the range of the Russian cruise missles? 2,000 miles?


14 posted on 09/20/2014 7:07:53 AM PDT by Iron Munro ("If you want to test a man's character, give him power." -- Abraham Lincoln)
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To: Georgia Girl 2
Yep Putey loves to bait the bull.

In this case he is just twisting the Nancy Boy's tail.

15 posted on 09/20/2014 7:09:37 AM PDT by Iron Munro ("If you want to test a man's character, give him power." -- Abraham Lincoln)
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To: Common Sense 101

I totally agree.


16 posted on 09/20/2014 7:12:09 AM PDT by CyberAnt (True the Vote: " MY AMERICA, ... I'm terrified it's slipping away.")
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To: WhiskeyX

This kind of stuff has gone on for decades


17 posted on 09/20/2014 7:12:48 AM PDT by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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To: Iron Munro

The Russians also have to contend with our military aircraft conducting missions within their ADIZ, so they face a similar threat.


18 posted on 09/20/2014 7:14:08 AM PDT by WhiskeyX
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To: Alter Kaker
I just realized that intercept to deter should not be an F-22 mission.

The first an enemy aircraft should know that an F-22 is there is when a missile comes up their tailpipe.

Lousy tactics to let the an enemy eyeball our aircraft. Should intercept with F-15s supported by F-22s in case sh!t hits the fan.

19 posted on 09/20/2014 7:15:55 AM PDT by where's_the_Outrage? (Held my nose to vote.)
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To: nuconvert

“This kind of stuff has gone on for decades”

Yes, decades ago I manned surveillance posts on the beach with binoculars and in the ops center with radar and other sensors to watch Soviet intelligence trawlers and Soviet submarines encroach on the missile test range. They tried every trick in and out of the book to disrupt normal range operations by daring a response to their incursions.


20 posted on 09/20/2014 7:19:20 AM PDT by WhiskeyX
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