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A Russian fighter performed a scramble to intercept a US airplane

Moscow, Russia - Russian Air Force would have talked about a US Navy's P-3 Orion in flight nearby the Black Sea's coast, then moved away from the area

Russian Air Force informed press in the country today about a scramble occurred yesterday early in the afternoon, when the coast radars in the Black Sea would have detected the presence of an aircraft, then identified as a US Navy's P-3 Orion maritime patrolling aircraft, in flight 10 km far from the coast and at a 200 m altitude. A Sukhoi Su-27 fighter interceptor took off immediately towards the...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 107782
Rome, Italy, 11/16/2004 16:09
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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