Watch This F-16 ‘Air Pirate’ Make The Russian Defense Minister’s Plane Very Nervous
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by Task and Purpose Adam Weinstein
The U.S. military is suddenly getting back into the hot air-intercept business again with a vengeance — and as we all wring our hands over the geopolitical implications, it’s as good a time as any to remember that even in times of relative calm, fighter jockeys are always running danger-close interdictions, flirting with mechanical disaster and global crisis. Case in point: this berserker video of a NATO F-16 buzzing the Russian defense minister’s jet and being politely told to go away by an SU-27 Flanker.
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/watch-f-16-%E2%80%98air-pirate%E2%80%99-make-russian-defense-minister%E2%80%99s-plane-very-nervous-32287
