When I was on the JFK back in the Seventies, we always had at least one (Maybe two?) Tomcats tied down right on the Cat when we were crossing the Atlantic. I did see a Bear get close enough for a visual flyby once.
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Maybe the pilots wanted asylum?
“Prior to that, the United States observed Russian military aircraft flying into the ADIZ three times between Aug. 8 and Aug. 10.”
August 9th, 1945 was Nagasaki. Do Russians like anniversaries like Muslims do?
We do it, they do it, pretty soon the chinese will give it a try.
Yawn....this is a common occurrence and not newsworthy.
So...nothing burger.
When I was on the JFK back in the Seventies, we always had at least one (Maybe two?) Tomcats tied down right on the Cat when we were crossing the Atlantic. I did see a Bear get close enough for a visual flyby once.
Force them down.....
Stop the stupid air force pissing contests.
Send the message.... We don’t know what happened to your patrols, but your pilots are requesting asylum.
Please send canned fish and vodka...
I guess that is determined by what you consider a threat.
I understand that the hardest part of intercepting a TU-95 is the noise.