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https://apnews.com/article/russian-jet-f16-alaska-flight-e906bce6ef08637db03ca9e730e81d90ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Military officials have released new video of a startling encounter between a Russian fighter jet flying near Alaska and a U.S. Air Force F-16 sent to intercept it.
In the video released Monday, the Russian plane comes from behind the camera and swoops by the U.S. jet, just feet from the aircraft.
The video release of the close encounter Sept. 23, with the U.S. pilot under the direction of the North American Aerospace Defense Command, comes after a series of Russian incursions into the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone just beyond U.S. sovereign airspace.
The interaction drew condemnation from NORAD’s top officer and one of Alaska’s U.S. senators.
“The conduct of one Russian Su-35 was unsafe, unprofessional, and endangered all – not what you’d see in a professional air force,” said Gen. Gregory Guillot, commander, NORAD and U.S. Northern Command. The NORAD aircraft flew “a safe and disciplined” routine to intercept the Russian aircraft, he added.
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Typical, weak-kneed, USAF statement, mewing something about the Russian pilot being "unprofessional" and scaring our own airmen with the close fly-by. Should have locked the Rooski up with the F-16's AN/APG-68 radar as soon as he cleared its nose.
And wasn't anybody watching their six here????
Geez!
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