Rare Photo Shows F-4 Phantom Flying Inverted While Intercepting A Russian Tu-95 Bear Bomber
Dec 04 2017 - 18 Comments
By David Cenciotti
“Because I was….inverted!â€: Top Gun stunt performed near a Russian strategic bomber.
In the last few years, we have often reported about “unsafe and unprofessional†intercepts conducted across the world by Russian (and Chinese) fighter jets scrambled to identify and escort U.S. spyplanes flying in international airspace.
Barrel rolls, aggressive turns that disturbed the controllability of the “zombie†(intercepted aircraft in fighter pilot’s jargon), inverted flight: if you use the search function on this site you can read of several such incidents that made the news on media all around the world.
Read more at
https://theaviationist.com/2017/12/04/rare-photo-shows-f-4-phantom-flying-inverted-while-intercepting-a-russian-tu-95-bear-bomber/#17p6WGK2fuYxOpFF.99
