FILE PHOTO: A US Air Force B-52H bomber flies over Southwest Asia, May 21, 2019 © Reuters / US Air Force
Sputnik: Russia Scrambles Eight Fighter Jets to Intercept US Bombers Over Black Sea - Defense Ministry
The Russian Defense Ministry said on Friday it had scrambled eight fighter jets after it detected three US Air Force B-52 Stratofortress bombers over the Black Sea.
In just the latest incident involving US bombers flying close to Russian airspace, a slew of Russian fighters were sent to meet three B-52 strategic bombers over the Black Sea on Friday.
"In order to prevent the US Air Force planes from violating Russian airspace, 4 Su-27 fighters and 4 Su-30 fighters from the air defense forces of the Southern Military District were raised over the Black and Azov Seas," the National Defense Management Center of the Russian Federation said.
The agency did not say if the bombers actually violated Russian airspace.
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WNU Editor: Russian fighter jets are also busy escorting other U.S. and NATO planes .... Russia’s MiG-31 intercepts US, UK recon planes over Barents Sea (TASS).
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