On April 29, a Russian Su-27 Flanker “barrel rolled” over the top of a U.S. Air Force RC-135 which was flying a recon mission in international airspace above the Baltic Sea, the CNN reported.
The Russian interceptor approached alongside within 25 feet of the U.S. intelligence gathering aircraft and then flew inverted over the top of the plane to the other side, performing the same Top Gun-like stunt another Su-27 had carried out on a Rivet Joint over the Baltic on April 14.
Still, such aggressive maneuvers are becoming dangerously frequent during the routine close encounters between American spyplanes and Russian fighters in the skies across the world.
https://theaviationist.com/2016/04/29/russian-su-27-barrel-rolls-on-u-s-spyplane-over-the-baltic-sea-once-again/
http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/US-Complains-About-Stunting-Russians-226158-1.html
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