Russian Aircraft have been making more incursions into US airspace since Dec. 13 and Nov. 12, 2014, and Feb. 12, 2013.
In 2013, F-15s were scrambled to intercept the aircraft. Another time it was F-22s that were scrambled to greet the wandering Russians.
Back then, the planes were antiquated Tupolev Tu-95 bears, propeller driven bombers first developed in the early 1950’s.
Once when they were intercepted, Capt. Jeff Davis, a spokesman for the North American Aerospace Defense Command explained “They followed all the protocols, and it was a very professional encounter on both sides. There was nothing that they were doing that was contrary to international law.”
This past fourth of July, two more Tu-95s greeted United States pilots with a message according to the North American Aerospace Defense Command: “Good morning, American pilots. We are here to greet you on your Fourth of July Independence Day.”
Read more about the Russian Jet in American airspace on page two:
No big secret here – OPEN SKIES flights happen several times a year. They fly over our territory, we fly over theirs.
Check it out on Wikipedia (or 100+ other pages you’ll find in a Google search).
You had your period and it’s Obama ‘ fault! Stfu
actually several times a year due to treaty obligations we allow and the russians allow overflights for verification purposes to photograph our instillations…and we can photograph theirs…
putin will not harm us ever day people if he was to attack he would either hit the frat hoouse mean white house r the pentgon
You want to bomb a plane. Think about that for a Second. You want to drop bombs on a plane that is in flight over American soil. You might be one of the most retarded people to ever make a comment on the internet. Trust me, That’s a mighty big statement.
No way did I say a plane over America! I said airspace learn to read!
They always fly next to California on July4th and our Airforce meets them there every time, though if this is true it’s different. Everyone knows Putin doesn’t like Obama but this doesn’t mean he wants to blow up the USA, stil if this actually happened it is BS and Obama is a$#%&!@*
All that money spent on “defense” and it just turns out to be incompetence..should have been impossible..
Orbiting satellites can read a license plate from space,so there’s no need for aerial reconnaissance.One possible rationale is for the Russkies to test how quickly the civilian air traffic control system will react,and for the Administration to evaluate which centers react the quickest,then degrade their efficiency.
Only because Obama is a p***y