Posted on 02/27/2009 8:49:36 AM PST by Nachum
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian fighters scrambled to intercept an approaching Russian bomber less than 24 hours before U.S. President Barack Obama's visit to Ottawa last week, Canadian Defense Minister Peter MacKay said on Friday.
The Bear bomber did not enter Canada's Arctic airspace but the two Canadian F-18 fighters had to order the plane to turn back, MacKay told a news conference.
Obama spent a few hours in the Canadian
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They’re called training flights. They did them during the Cold War, too. No biggie.
Back then the American pilots used to get as close as they could and then open up a copy of Playboy in the canopy to the centerfold and let the Russians see what an American girl looked like. Back then Playboy was contraband and you couldn’t take it into the Soviet Union.
Nowadays there’s a Russian language version of Playboy, so if the Americans do that the Russians have something to show back.
They’re called training flights. They did them during the Cold War, too. No biggie.
Back then the American pilots used to get as close as they could and then open up a copy of Playboy in the canopy to the centerfold and let the Russians see what an American girl looked like. Back then Playboy was contraband and you couldn’t take it into the Soviet Union.
Nowadays there’s a Russian language version of Playboy, so if the Americans do that the Russians have something to show back.
Really? if they do that, an this be used to fight back
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