RUSSIAN BEAR BOMBERS AGAIN ESCORTED OUT OF NO FLY ZONE WITH OUT INCIDENT
MAR 27 2008
WASHINGTON, March 27--Two US Air Force F-15s have escorted
two Russian Bear long-range bombers out of an air exclusion zone off the coast
of Alaska, US military officials.
US radar picked up the Russian turbo-prop Tupolev-95 planes about 500 miles
off the Alaska coast.
The US fighters from Elmendorf Air Force Base were dispatched to meet the
bombers and escorted them out of the area without incident, the officials
said.
Accompanied by two Il-78 refueling tankers, the two Tu-95 Bear bombers flew
for 15 hours over the Arctic and Pacific oceans, Interfax news agency quoted
Russian Air Force spokesman Alexander Drobyshevsky as saying.
The US maintains the air exclusion zone off the coast of Alaska, barring
unidentified aircraft or aircraft that don't file flight plans inside that
area.
The last case of Russian aircraft approaching the US coastline or ships in the
Pacific was in February.
Then, four Bear bombers flew near the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz, with one of
them flying about 2,000 feet from the Nimitz's deck.
Russia's Defense Ministry said at the time there was no violation of flight
regulations during the incident. A ministry official described the flights as
standard operating procedure for air force training.
Meanwhile, US military officials say the incidents are not a concern.
They say it's the Russian military flexing its ability and presence.
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