Posted on Feb 17, 2016
RAF jets sent to intercept Russian bombers heading to UK - BBC News
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This is a bold move by the Russian air force.
RAF jets sent to intercept Russian bombers heading to UK - BBC News
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For those of us who served during the cold war period, this type of thing just elicits a big shrug and yawn. It happended all the time, by both sides. I guess because it stopped for a while and now is starting back up it seems like news, but all during the cold war it was just business as usual.
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SN Greg Wright
SSG Carlos Madden - Pretty frequently. They even approached California last year, iirc. Note that they never enter the airspace in question -- they just approach it in order to make the statement and trigger the intercept. We used to do it to them all the time, too, and probably still do.
http://www.businessinsider.com/russian-bombers-intercepted-off-us-coast-2015-7
http://www.businessinsider.com/russian-bombers-intercepted-off-us-coast-2015-7
US jets intercepted Russian bombers off the California and Alaska coasts on July 4
Read about Russia's 'test' of Obama's defense team on July 4th.
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