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Two US Spy Planes flying around Russia's Borders was spoted by observers

Russian Aviaton » Monday February 5, 2018 12:27 MSK

© @Mil_Radar

Two US aircraft, a Air Force Boeing RC-135W surveillance plane and a Navy Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime reconnaissance aircraft flying out of England's Mildenhall Royal Air Force base, have been caught flying around the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad. This reported by Sputnik.

The aircraft were spotted making their rounds Thursday and Friday by Mil Radar, an enthusiast service which monitors US Air Force and Navy operations around the world. Mil Radar recorded the military planes' transponder signals as they flew through Poland and the Baltic Sea to within just 40 km west of Kaliningrad before turning east and flying along the exclave's southern borders through Polish airspace.

The latest surveillance flights follow an incident earlier this week in which a Russian Su-27 fighter was scrambled to escort a US Navy EP-3 Aries over the Black Sea near Crimea. The Pentagon complained that the Russian plane had made an "unsafe" interception of the military plane, and released a series of videos of the incident showing the Su-27 flying just a few feet from the turboprop aircraft.

USAF RC-135W 62-4134 LORA16 departed Mildenhall - Eastern Poland & Southern Baltic mission pic.twitter.com/UYNsWIwfuI
— Mil Radar (@MIL_Radar) 2 февраля 2018 г.

US Navy P-8A 168432 LA021 departed Mildenhall - Baltic mission pic.twitter.com/sM2ZHGBdMI
— Mil Radar (@MIL_Radar) 2 февраля 2018 г.

The Russian military responded by saying that the intercept was a "standard, absolutely legal and absolutely safe " action, and recommended that the Pentagon stop its surveillance flights near Russia's borders. The US military replied back, saying its planes would continue to "monitor" international airspace near Russia's borders.

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