The National Defense Management Center of the Russian Ministry of Defense announced on October 20, local time, that two Russian Su-30 fighters had accompanied two US strategic bombers over the Black Sea on the 19th.
The center said that on the 19th, the Russian side monitored air targets close to the country’s border over the Black Sea, and then sent two Su-30 fighters into the air for identification and confirmed that the targets were two U.S. Air Force B-1B strategic bombers and two KCs. -135 aerial tanker.
The Russian fighters subsequently accompanied the two U.S. bombers.
According to the news, the Russian fighter jets always abide by the rules of international airspace use during the accompanying flight; after the opponent moved away from the Russian border, the Russian fighter jets returned to the base safely.
NATO aircraft headed by the United States often arrive near the Russian border for reconnaissance activities, and Russia has always firmly opposed this.
(Producing Sui Zhiyuan)
Editor in charge: [Lu Yan]