Posted on 09/11/2001 12:15:07 AM PDT by kattracks
Edited on 07/12/2004 3:46:34 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Russian warplanes threatened patrolling U.S. Navy P-3 aircraft over the Pacific Ocean last week as the American planes monitored a military exercise in the region, The Washington Times has learned.
At one point during the aerial harassment, a MiG-31 interceptor pilot flew his jet within 50 feet of a P-3 maritime patrol and reconnaissance plane.
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