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NATO fighters again accompany
Russian bombers near Alaska
RIA
Novosti
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
NATO fighters accompanied Russian Tu-95 Bear strategic bombers
on a regular strategic patrol flight on Wednesday, a Russian Air
Force spokesman said.
Four Bear bombers and four Il-78 aerial tankers conducted a patrol
mission over the Arctic and the Pacific Ocean and performed aerial
refueling, which is the second exercise of Russian bombers near
Alaska in three weeks.
"During the flight over neutral waters near Alaska, the
Russian planes were accompanied by NATO fighters," Colonel
Alexander Drobyshevsky said.
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Interceptions of Russian combat aircraft by NATO fighters have
been a common occurrence since Russia resumed strategic bomber
patrol flights over the Pacific, Atlantic, and Arctic oceans last
August, following an order signed by President Vladimir Putin.
Drobyshevsky reiterated that regular patrols of Russian strategic
bombers do not pose a threat to other countries, and Russia always
issues prior warnings of their patrols.
He said that the main purpose of these missions was to train
pilots in instrument flight and aerial refueling.
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