After the foreign spy plane flew away from the Russian state border, the MiG-31 fighter safely returned to its home base.
MOSCOW, December 11.
/TASS/. A MiG-31 fighter was scrambled to intercept a US Air Force RC-135
reconnaissance plane near the Russian borders over the Bering Sea, the Defense
Ministry’s National Defense Control Center reported on Friday.
Russian radars
detected an air target over the neutral waters of the Bering Sea approaching
the Russian state border on December 11. A MiG-31 fighter from the Pacific
Fleet’s air defense quick reaction alert forces was scrambled to prevent the
violation of the state border, the National Defense Control Center said.
"The Russian
fighter’s crew identified the air target as a US Air Force RC-135 strategic
reconnaissance aircraft and escorted it," the Center said.
After the foreign spy
plane flew away from the Russian state border, the MiG-31 fighter safely
returned to its home base, the statement says.
"The Russian
fighter’s flight proceeded in strict compliance with the international rules of
using the airspace," the National Defense Control Center said.
The US aircraft was
not allowed to violate the Russian state border, it stressed.
Source: ITAR-TASS
12-12-2020
