According to Russian
Defense Ministry Spokesman Igor Konashenkov, the crews of the Russian aircraft
have fully accomplished their air patrol missions.
MOSCOW, May 12.
/TASS/. Russia’s Tupolev Tu-95 aircraft were escorted by two F-22 jets of the
US Air Force at some section of the route, which did not approach them closer
than 100 meters, Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman Igor Konashenkov told
reporters on Saturday.
He noted that
"the Tu-95MS strategic bombers operated by the [Russian] Aerospace Forces
and the Tu-142 long-range anti-submarine aircraft operated by the Navy
successfully performed a planned flight over the neutral waters of the Arctic
Ocean, the Bering Sea and the Sea of Okhotsk on May 11." "At some
section of the route the aircraft operated by the Russian Aerospace Forces that
were carrying out a patrol flight were escorted by two F-22 jets of the US Air
Force for 40 minutes, which did not approach them closer than 100 meters,"
he said.
According to
Konashenkov, the crews of the Russian aircraft have fully accomplished their
air patrol missions.
He added that
Russia’s long-range and naval aviation pilots regularly performed flights over
the neutral waters of the Arctic, the Atlantic, the Black Sea and the Pacific.
All flights by Russian aircraft are performed in strict conformity with the
international airspace rules, without any violations of other countries’
borders.
Source: ITAR-TASS 12-05-2018
