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A Belgian F-16 fighter patrolling the Baltic region on Friday morning intercepted two Russian Air Force fighters flying over a US destroyer off the coast of Lithuania.
A video released by NATO's Allied Air Command on Monday showed the Russian jets "manoeuvring in international airspace" over the USS Donald Cook, a US destroyer deployed to the Baltic Sea since April 11.
"The Belgian F-16 conducted a professional intercept and left the scene, demonstrating that NATO remains ready, vigilant and prepared to respond to any potential threat," the air command said in a brief statement.
The USS Donald Cook is deployed to the region with a focus on "regional stability" and "honing anti-submarine warfare capabilities in the Atlantic," NATO said.
https://news.yahoo.com/f-16-fighter-intercepted-even-193720137.html
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(22,649 posts)Those are SU-24 attack jets. It's a variable wing geometry, twin engine aircraft used extensively in Syria to kill coalition Kurds.
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(2,517 posts)there was a recent ruskie intercept of the Mediterranean sea with a US jet.