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NATO fighters accompany Russian
bombers near Alaska
RIA
Novosti
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
NATO fighters accompanied Russian Tu-95 Bear strategic bombers
on a regular strategic patrol flight on Wednesday, a Russian Air
Force spokesman said.
Two Bear bombers and two Il-78 aerial tankers conducted a 16-hour
patrol mission on Wednesday over the Arctic and the Pacific Ocean
and performed aerial refueling.
"During the flight over neutral waters near Alaska, the
Russian planes were accompanied by NATO fighters," Colonel
Alexander Drobyshevsky said.
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.
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Drobyshevsky reiterated on Wednesday 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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