According to the
Russian National Defense Control Center, the US Air Force’s strategic aircraft
have already made seven sorties over the Baltic Sea since March 14.
MOSCOW, March 23.
/TASS/. Russia’s Aerospace Force has twice scrambled the on-duty Su-27 fighter
jets over the past 24 hours to intercept US Air Force (USAF) B-52H
Stratofortress strategic bombers operating in international airspace over the
Baltic Sea, Russia’s National Defense Control Center said on Saturday.
"Two US aircraft
had been detected by the Russian airspace monitoring system at a considerable
distance from the state border of the Russian Federation and then were taken to
escort," the statement says.
During the flight,
the Su-27 crews prevented the foreign strategic bombers from infringing
Russia’s airspace, the statement added.
According to the
Russian National Defense Control Center, the US Air Force’s strategic aircraft
have already made seven sorties over the Baltic Sea since March 14.
Source: ITAR-TASS
24-03-2019
