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Calista241

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3. It's an elderly prop driven aircraft fitted with all kinds of sensors.

Reply to lpbk2713 (Reply #2)

Sat May 12, 2018, 12:02 AM

May 2018

I have questions about sending our most modern, hardest to detect air superiority aircraft out to intercept an intelligence aircraft.

Basically begging the Russians to analyze the aircraft close up while flying.

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The TU-95 is an elderly aircraft just like our B-52s. lpbk2713 May 2018 #2

It's an elderly prop driven aircraft fitted with all kinds of sensors. Calista241 May 2018 #3

I was curious about that too. lpbk2713 May 2018 #4

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