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U.S. Air Force B-52 Bomber Escorted Out of Russian Airspace
Breitbart ^ | September 27, 2021 | Gabrielle Reyes

Posted on 09/27/2021 5:23:40 PM PDT by White Lives Matter

The Russian Air Force scrambled three fighter jets to escort a U.S. Air Force bomber away from Russian airspace Sunday at an undisclosed location over the Pacific Ocean, Russia’s state-owned TASS news agency reported.

“[A]ir defense radars on duty in the Eastern Military Region on Sunday spotted an air target over the Pacific Ocean that was approaching Russia’s airspace,” Russia’s National Defense Command Center told Russian media on September 26.

“In order to identify and escort the foreign plane, three Sukhoi-35S fighter planes of the Eastern Military Region’s air defense were scrambled,” the command center said in a statement to TASS.

“The fighters’ crews identified the target as a strategic B-52H bomber of the US Air Force and escorted it over the Pacific Ocean. There were no violations of Russia’s state border or dangerous proximity of planes in the air,” the statement read.

The Russian fighter jets “strictly followed the international rules of using airspace” and returned to base after ensuring “the US plane moved away from the Russian border,” according to the command center.

Russia’s Eastern Military Region is a vast district that includes the country’s easternmost territories. Many of these territories lie along the North Pacific Ocean, such as the Russian-administered Kuril Islands, which are claimed by Japan.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: airforce; airpiracy; b52bomber; b52h; bidensmilitary; military; milleysmilitary; putinsbuttboys; russia
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It seems the headline is possibly misleading. In the article, the author says the bomber was approaching Russian airspace, not in it. So which is it?
1 posted on 09/27/2021 5:23:40 PM PDT by White Lives Matter
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To: White Lives Matter

Yeah - this sounds more like a “friendly” escort to make sure the bomber stayed outside the border.


2 posted on 09/27/2021 5:28:53 PM PDT by Skywise
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To: White Lives Matter

Should happen every time the Russians meddle around Alaskan air space.


3 posted on 09/27/2021 5:29:28 PM PDT by heshtesh
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To: White Lives Matter

4 posted on 09/27/2021 5:30:29 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: White Lives Matter
Another product of our public school system who can't proofread. "Don't worry, spellcheck will fix it!"

Um, *derp*.


5 posted on 09/27/2021 5:31:42 PM PDT by Viking2002 (Whatever.)
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To: White Lives Matter

Well I guess we should be glad that Biden and Milley didn’t order them to leave the B-52 behind.


6 posted on 09/27/2021 5:32:10 PM PDT by Kartographer
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Biden (0bama) Austin and Milley sent it in revenge for ‘Putin getting Trump Elected’, but the bomber crew chickened out, and there was no Slim Pickens to ride the bomb down anyway.


7 posted on 09/27/2021 5:32:17 PM PDT by LegendHasIt
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

8 posted on 09/27/2021 5:33:04 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: White Lives Matter

General Milley needs to buy new TOMTOM GPS units for his newly woke military.


9 posted on 09/27/2021 5:34:16 PM PDT by Presbyterian Reporter
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To: White Lives Matter

Biden and Deep Swamp Shills attempting to provoke the Russians for publicity purposes.


10 posted on 09/27/2021 5:34:50 PM PDT by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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To: White Lives Matter

Seems like Russia is interested in NOT starting WW3. As to this bunch in the White House, who knows?


11 posted on 09/27/2021 5:35:45 PM PDT by BobL (I shop at Walmart and eat at McDonald's, I just don't tell anyone, like most here.)
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To: BobL

I’m old enough to remember when Orange Man Bad was going to start WW3! Now we have children running the military, foreign policy and an illegal government and women will be drafted to fight and die in the next Rat war.


12 posted on 09/27/2021 5:41:08 PM PDT by No_Mas_Obama
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To: White Lives Matter

From the article:

“ “[T]wo Russian Su-27 Flanker pilots intercepted a U.S. Air Force B-52 bomber that was conducting routine operations in the Black Sea over international waters,” the U.S. Air Forces in Europe stated in a press release issued August 28, 2020.

“The Russian pilots flew in an unsafe and unprofessional manner while crossing within 100 feet of the nose of the B-52 multiple times at co-altitude and while in afterburner causing turbulence and restricting the B-52’s ability to maneuver,” the statement read.”


13 posted on 09/27/2021 5:42:21 PM PDT by jdsteel ("A Republic, Madam, if you can keep it." Sorry Ben, looks like we blew it.)
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To: BenLurkin

That’s one of the best scenes in movie history.


14 posted on 09/27/2021 5:44:27 PM PDT by laplata
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To: jdsteel

Doesn’t mean it happened


15 posted on 09/27/2021 5:44:29 PM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom Hi Dad)
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To: No_Mas_Obama

I remember when Ronald Ray-Gun was going to start WW III with SDI..


16 posted on 09/27/2021 5:45:34 PM PDT by laplata
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To: White Lives Matter

They only shot down unarmed civilian airliners that get close to their airspace.


17 posted on 09/27/2021 5:48:01 PM PDT by ryderann
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To: Navy Patriot

Or, is this a ‘shiny object’ of show of power by the Biden admin for their clusterf*ck in Afghan. So folks will think Biden means business.

I find this article suspect. Surely our air defense knows when they’ve intruded, gone into wrong territory. Unless inexperienced men were at the helm.

I find it very suspect.


18 posted on 09/27/2021 5:56:50 PM PDT by hoe_cake (A Descendant of the Signers of the Constitution. )
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To: al baby

More importanly, were our fly boys,gals, he, she, or its vaxxed? Inquiring minds want to know.


19 posted on 09/27/2021 5:58:18 PM PDT by chuckb87
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To: White Lives Matter

Yup the title is all messed up, the body of the article says “There were no violations of Russia’s state border”


20 posted on 09/27/2021 5:59:20 PM PDT by pfflier
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