U.S. Air Force B-52 Bomber Escorted Out of Russian Airspace: ReportGabrielle Reyes 27 Sep 2021
The Russian Air Force scrambled three fighter jets to escort a U.S. Air Force bomber away from Russian airspace Sunday at an undisclosed location over the Pacific Ocean, Russia’s state-owned TASS news agency reported.
“[A]ir defense radars on duty in the Eastern Military Region on Sunday spotted an air target over the Pacific Ocean that was approaching Russia’s airspace,” Russia’s National Defense Command Center told Russian media on September 26.
“In order to identify and escort the foreign plane, three Sukhoi-35S fighter planes of the Eastern Military Region’s air defense were scrambled,” the command center said in a statement to TASS.
“The fighters’ crews identified the target as a strategic B-52H bomber of the US Air Force and escorted it over the Pacific Ocean. There were no violations of Russia’s state border or dangerous proximity of planes in the air,” the statement read.
The Russian fighter jets “strictly followed the international rules of using airspace” and returned to base after ensuring “the US plane moved away from the Russian border,” according to the command center.
Russia’s Eastern Military Region is a vast district that includes the country’s easternmost territories. Many of these territories lie along the North Pacific Ocean, such as the Russian-administered Kuril Islands, which are claimed by Japan.
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https://www.breitbart.com/asia/2021/09/27/u-s-air-force-b-52-bomber-escorted-out-of-russian-airspace-report/The U.S. Air Force reported a similar incident to Sunday’s interaction in August 2020.
