Russian Fighter Intercepts US Navy Surveillance Plane Over Baltic Sea
1/28/2019
​—Jennifer-Leigh Oprihory
A Russian Su-27 twin-engine fighter intercepted a US Navy P-8A Poseidon surveillance aircraft over the Baltic Sea on Jan. 28, US European Command has confirmed to Air Force Magazine.
“Russian means of airspace control over the neutral waters of the Baltic Sea detected an air target approaching the State border of the Russian Federation,†Russia’s defense ministry wrote in a Jan. 28 statement, explaining that the Russian fighter “scrambled to intercept†the aircraft. After approaching it at "a safe distance,†the statement said, the Su-27 identified it as an American Poseidon, though the aircraft was mischaracterized as a US Air Force asset.
https://www.realcleardefense.com/2019/01/29/russian_fighter_intercepts_us_navy_p-8a_poseidon_over_baltic_sea_306344.html
