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Russian MiG-31 Fighter Jet Escorts US R-8A Poseidon Aircraft Over Pacific Ocean

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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The MiG-31 fighter jet flew over the Pacific Ocean to escort a US Navy R-8A Poseidon patrol aircraft on Thursday, the Russian National... 15.07.2021, Sputnik International

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According to the Defence Ministry, Russian airspace control devices detected an air target approaching Russian airspace over the Pacific Ocean.The crew of the Russian fighter identified the target as a US Navy P-8A Poseidon patrol aircraft and escorted it over the Pacific Ocean along the southeastern coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula, the centre said.The statement was issued just a few hours after Russian warplanes had been scrambled to escort three American В-52Н bombers spotted near the country's border in the Bering Sea.

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Russian MiG-31 Fighter Jet Escorts US R-8A Poseidon Aircraft Over Pacific Ocean

07:43 GMT 15.07.2021 (Updated: 13:20 GMT 06.08.2022)

The first P-8A Poseidon test aircraft, followed by its propeller-driven P-3C predecessor, flies past NAS Patuxent River. File photo. - Sputnik International, 1920, 15.07.2021

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The MiG-31 fighter jet flew over the Pacific Ocean to escort a US Navy R-8A Poseidon patrol aircraft on Thursday, the Russian National Defence Control Centre said.

According to the Defence Ministry, Russian airspace control devices detected an air target approaching Russian airspace over the Pacific Ocean.

"To identify an aerial target and prevent illegal entrance into Russian airspace, a MiG-31 fighter from the air defence forces of the Eastern Military District took off", the centre said.

© Sputnik / Nina Padalko / Go to the mediabankMiG-31 interceptor fighter takes off during a training flight at the State Centre for the Training of Aviation Personnel and Military Tests of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation n.a. V.P. Chkalova in Lipetsk

MiG-31 interceptor fighter takes off during a training flight at the State Centre for the Training of Aviation Personnel and Military Tests of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation n.a. V.P. Chkalova in Lipetsk

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The crew of the Russian fighter identified the target as a US Navy P-8A Poseidon patrol aircraft and escorted it over the Pacific Ocean along the southeastern coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula, the centre said.

The statement was issued just a few hours after Russian warplanes had been scrambled to escort three American В-52Н bombers spotted near the country's border in the Bering Sea.