15.03.2020, 15:51
Die russische Luftwaffe ist derzeit relativ aktiv, so wurden mehrere Flugzeuge (Tu-160, Tanker sowie einige ältere Tu-95/Tu-142) über dem Nordatlantik in der GIUK-Lücke einerseits und vor Alaska andererseits abgefangen...
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Schneemann.
Zitat:Four RAF fighters intercept Russian aircrafthttps://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-nor...d-51835335
RAF fighter jets were scrambled to intercept Russian aircraft to the west of Shetland.
The two Russian Tu-142 Bears - used as strategic bombers and long-range maritime patrol planes - were shadowed on Wednesday. The air force scrambled two pairs of Typhoons from its Quick Reaction Alert programme at RAF Lossiemouth in Moray.
It was the second time RAF jets have been scrambled to monitor Russian aircraft in the last few days. Air Chief Marshal Mike Wigston, chief of the air staff, said: "These Russian bombers do not comply with international air traffic rules, are a hazard to airliners and are not welcome in our airspace."
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Zitat:USAF, Canadian Fighters Intercept Russian Aircraft North of Alaskahttps://www.airforcemag.com/usaf-canadia...of-alaska/
U.S. Air Force F-22s and Canadian CF-18s intercepted two Russian Tu-142 maritime reconnaissance aircraft north of Alaska on March 9, North American Aerospace Defense Command announced.
The fighters, which were supported by an E-3 Sentry AWACS and a KC-135 Stratotanker, escorted the Russian aircraft for four hours as they flew in the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone.
Although the Tupolevs “came as close as 50 nautical miles to the Alaskan coast,” they remained in international airspace over the Beaufort Sea and did not enter U.S. or Canadian sovereign airspace, according to NORAD.
Schneemann.