[PokeyJoe]

please read this article about Russian jets overlying the USS Kitty Hawk while she was refueling underway in the Sea of Japan.

[jdontom]

Good find....The story read like a mystery and had me on the edge of my seat, then came the punch line.....The Clinton administration downplayed the incident.....That must have been some downplaying!

[Screaming_Gerbil]

please read this article about Russian jets overlying the USS Kitty Hawk while she was refueling underway in the Sea of Japan.

That was in October 2000. When Clinton was in office. Before 9-11.

I feel sorry for anyone who tries it now.

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A pair of Russian warplanes that made at least three high-speed passes over a U.S. aircraft carrier stationed in the Sea of Japan in October constituted a much more serious threat than the Pentagon has admitted and were easily in a position to destroy the ship if the planes had had hostile intentions, say Navy personnel.

According to reports, a Russian air force Su-24 "Fencer" accompanied by an Su-27 "Flanker" made unopposed passes over the USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) on Oct. 9, as the carrier was being refueled...

...The Clinton administration downplayed the incident...