Four Russian Air Force Tu-95 Bear were intercepted
by F-22s near Alaska. Two of the strategic bombers came within 50 miles from
California Coast.
As we reported few
days ago, a U.S. Air Force RC-135U performing a routine surveillance
mission in international airspace over the Sea of Okhotsk, north of Japan, some
60 miles off eastern Russia on Apr. 23, was intercepted by a Russian Su-27
Flanker.
Just in case you thought only U.S. (spy)planes fly in the vicinity of the
Russian airspace, the Washington Free
Beacon unveiled that U.S. fighter planes were scrambled to
intercept four Tu-95 Bear H bombers, two of those came within 50 miles of
California coast.
Two USAF F-22 Raptor
stealth jets, most probably from 3rd Wing at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson
intercepted the “intruders” that were seemingly conducting a training attack
run, over the Aleutians.
Then, two of the four Tu-95s headed
back home, whereas the remaining two flew off Northern California, triggering
another alert scramble by NORAD (North America Aerospace Defense Command) that
dispatched two F-15s to intercept and shadow the Russians.
According
to the defense officials who talked to the Free Beacon, the bombers were
supported on their (typical) long range mission by two IL-78 tankers.
http://theaviationist.com/2014/06/12/tu-95-intercepted-by-f22s/
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