Free Republic

Intercept/Escort Photo 1 -- U.S Air Force (USAF) F-22A Raptor stealth fighter jet behind a Russian Tu-95MS "Bear" strategic heavy bomber near Alaskan NORAD Region airspace, 22 November 2007: 1260 x 945 pixels + 2000 x 1500 pixels + 3072 x 2304 pixels via http://ChamorroBible.org/gpw/gpw-20050822.htm (photo 10) Intercept/Escort Photo 2 -- USAF F-22A Raptor side by side with a Russian Tu-95MS "Bear" bomber near Alaskan NORAD Region airspace, 22 November 2007: 1260 x 945 pixels + 2000 x 1500 pixels + 3072 x 2304 pixels via http://ChamorroBible.org/gpw/gpw-20050822.htm (photo 11) Intercept/Escort Photo 3 -- USAF F-22A Raptor flies above a...

MOSCOW. June 4 (Interfax) - The Russian TU-95MS Bear strategic bomber will conduct a flight to the U.S. for the fist time, Colonel Alexander Drobyshevsky, head of the Air Force press-service, told Interfax-Military News Agency on Friday. According to him, the strategic bomber's flight is timed to the 100th birthday of famous Russian test pilot Valery Chkalov to be celebrated on June 15-21. "The ferry flight will be conducted along Chkalov's route from Russia to the U.S. via the North Pole," Drobyshevsky said. He also noted that the TU-95MS would be refueled in the air over the Arctic Ocean outside...