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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Tue Apr 21, 2020, 01:40 PM Apr 2020

F-16 fighter intercepted even more Russian jets overflying a US warship, NATO says

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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F-16 fighter intercepted even more Russian jets overflying a US warship, NATO says (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2020 OP
Not fighters, attack aircraft. The kind used to attack a U.S. warship. ffr Apr 2020 #1
K&R SheltieLover Apr 2020 #2
They should get in front of those jets and do an "accidental" fuel dump.... by mistake.....nt mitch96 Apr 2020 #3
Has US filed a protest? Of course not. Sneederbunk Apr 2020 #4
get the US so focused inward with turmoil the ruskies can poke for exterior weakness again RT Atlanta Apr 2020 #5

ffr

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1. Not fighters, attack aircraft. The kind used to attack a U.S. warship.
Tue Apr 21, 2020, 01:53 PM
Apr 2020

Those are SU-24 attack jets. It's a variable wing geometry, twin engine aircraft used extensively in Syria to kill coalition Kurds.

RT Atlanta

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5. get the US so focused inward with turmoil the ruskies can poke for exterior weakness again
Tue Apr 21, 2020, 03:15 PM
Apr 2020

there was a recent ruskie intercept of the Mediterranean sea with a US jet.

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