Russian Aircraft have been making more incursions into US airspace since Dec. 13 and Nov. 12, 2014, and Feb. 12, 2013.
In 2013, F-15s were scrambled to intercept the aircraft. Another time it was F-22s that were scrambled to greet the wandering Russians.
Back then, the planes were antiquated Tupolev Tu-95 bears, propeller driven bombers first developed in the early 1950’s.
Once when they were intercepted, Capt. Jeff Davis, a spokesman for the North American Aerospace Defense Command explained “They followed all the protocols, and it was a very professional encounter on both sides. There was nothing that they were doing that was contrary to international law.”
This past fourth of July, two more Tu-95s greeted United States pilots with a message according to the North American Aerospace Defense Command: “Good morning, American pilots. We are here to greet you on your Fourth of July Independence Day.”
Read more about the Russian Jet in American airspace on page two:
shoulda been let loose one
so…we just trackem let them do it ?
I’m obviously suspicious. We monitor aircraft all over the world. Not just over our sky. IF this is legit, it was allowed to come over. That is a whole new issue entirely. And we are not safe for a whole different reason.
Never insult us Wisconsinites again and say Commiefornia and show a pic of Wisconsin!!! Stupid author!
We don’t have any war going on with Russia go to sleep now the CO2 is rising ..
lol
Not surprised! Where’s Airwolf when you need it? Obama says we are safe.
Maybe the next flight here will drop a bomb on the White House and the Capitol building.
“the planes were antiquated Tupolev Tu-95 bears, propeller driven bombers first developed in the early 1950’s.” Well if any of this is true it would go along with a story I read about a year ago about Russian’s successful EMP attack on an American ship or something that shut us down yet the Russian equipment still worked because of “antiquated” technology on the Russian planes.
AHem…
http://www.state.gov/e/eb/tra/ata/