The Pentagon has released a troubling video of a ‘unsafe interception’ between one of its aircraft and Russian fighters.
At approximately 11:19 a.m. on Aug. 28, 2020, two Russian Su-27 Flanker pilots intercepted a U.S. Air Force B-52 bomber that was conducting routine operations in the black sea over international waters.
The Pentagon said the Russian pilots flew in an unsafe and unprofessional manner while crossing within 100 feet of the nose of the B-52 multiple times at co-altitude and while in afterburner causing turbulence and restricting the B-52’s ability to maneuver.
The incident occurred when the U.S. Air Force sent six B-52s, four of which are forward deployed to RAF Fairford in UK.