On
Tuesday, a U.S. RC-135U was flying over the Baltic Sea when it was
intercepted by a Russian SU-27 Flanker. The Pentagon said the incident
occurred in international airspace north of Poland.
The
U.S. crew believed the Russian pilot's actions were "unsafe and
unprofessional due to the aggressive maneuvers it performed in close
proximity to their aircraft and its high rate of speed," Pentagon
spokesman Mark Wright said.
After
a Russian fighter jet intercepted a U.S. reconnaissance plane in an
"unsafe and unprofessional manner" earlier this week, the United States
is complaining to Moscow about the incident.
On
Tuesday, a U.S. RC-135U was flying over the Baltic Sea when it was
intercepted by a Russian SU-27 Flanker. The Pentagon said the incident
occurred in international airspace north of Poland.
The
U.S. crew believed the Russian pilot's actions were "unsafe and
unprofessional due to the aggressive maneuvers it performed in close
proximity to their aircraft and its high rate of speed," Pentagon
spokesman Mark Wright said.
Russian and U.S. aircraft often encounter each other, both in Northern
Europe as well as the area between the Russian Far East and Alaska.
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